Aqueous extracts of Lentinula edodes and Pleurotus sajor-caju exhibit high antioxidant capability and promising in vitro antitumor activity

Nutrition Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-84

  Finimundy, T C ^a   Gambato, G ^a   Fontana, R ^a   Camassola, M ^a   Salvador, M ^a   Moura, S ^a   Hess, J ^b,c   Henriques, J A P ^a   Dillon, A J P ^a   Roesch Ely, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

HeLa; Hep 2; Lentinula edodes; Pleurotus sajor caju; Tumor cell lines

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CATALASE; LENTINULA EDODES EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LENTINUS SAJOR-CAJU; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; BRAZIL; CATALASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELLS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; PICRATES; PLEUROTUS; POLYPHENOLS; SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; LENTINULA EDODES; PLEUROTUS SAJOR-CAJU;

EID: 84872816594     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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