Phase i clinical study of the dietary supplement, Agaricus blazei Murill, in cancer patients in remission

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ohno, Satoshi ^a,b   Sumiyoshi, Yoshiteru ^c,d   Hashine, Katsuyoshi ^d   Shirato, Akitomi ^d   Kyo, Satoru ^b   Inoue, Masaki ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Urology   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; AGARICUS BLAZEI MURILL EXTRACT; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BETAXOLOL; CARBOPLATIN; CARTEOLOL; GLIMEPIRIDE; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM; MECOBALAMIN; NICARDIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; PACLITAXEL; TRICHLORMETHIAZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGARICUS BLAZEI; AGARICUS BLAZEI MURILL; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HAND TREMOR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOWER ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVARY CANCER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH CANCER; URTICARIA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 79959214867     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/192381     Document Type: Article

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