Neuronal health - Can culinary and medicinal mushrooms help?

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-68

  Sabaratnam, Vikineswary ^a,b   Kah Hui, Wong ^a   Naidu, Murali ^a   David, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ganoderma neo japonicum; Hericium erinaceus; Lignosus rhinocerotis; Mushrooms; Nerve regeneration; Neurite outgrowth; Neuronal health; Pleurotus giganteus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887613340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2225-4110.106549     Document Type: Article

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