Antitumor and Immunomodulatory Activities of Mushroom Polysaccharides

Mushrooms as Functional Foods

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 147-198

  Ooi, Vincent E C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mushroom polysaccharides antitumor and immunomodulatory activities; Polysaccharide protein complexes and tumor growth suppression; Structure and antitumor activity and antitumor mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867901152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470367285.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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