Medicinal mushroom Phellinus linteus as an alternative cancer therapy (review)

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-411

  Sliva, Daniel ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Phellinus linteus

Indexed keywords

ACID POLYSACCHARIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; HISPOLON; MESHIMAKOBNOL A; MESHIMAKOBNOL B; PHELLIFUROPYRANONE A; PHELLINUS LINTEUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BOUND CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN GLUCAN COMPLEX; PROTEIN POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MACROPHAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSHROOM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHELLINUS LINTEUS; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 77956206884     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm_00000063     Document Type: Article

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