The merit of medicinal mushrooms from a pharmaceutical point of view

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 517-523

  Lindequist, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug authorization; Europe; Market access; Medicinal mushrooms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; FINGOLIMOD; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LENTINAN; PEPPERMINT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LD 50; LUNG CANCER; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REGISTRATION; STOMACH CANCER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG APPROVAL; EUROPE; FUNGI; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 84887892699     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v15.i6.10     Document Type: Article

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