Buried treasure: Unlocking the secrets of medicinal mushrooms

Biomedical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 339-342

  Walton, Emma L ^a  

^a Biomedical Journal   (Norway)

Author keywords

cholesterol; flaxseed; immunomodulation; medicinal mushrooms; omega 3 fatty acid; glucans

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CORDYCEPIN; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; LENTINULA EDODES EXTRACT; LIGNAN; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LINSEED; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; WESTERN MEDICINE; ZUCCHINI; AGARICALES; ANIMAL; FLAX; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; VEGETABLE;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FLAX; FUNGI; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84920077861     PISSN: 23194170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2319-4170.146538     Document Type: Review

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