Bioactivities and health benefits of mushrooms mainly from China

Molecules

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Jiao Jiao ^a   Li, Ya ^a   Zhou, Tong ^a   Xu, Dong Ping ^a   Zhang, Pei ^a   Li, Sha ^b   Li, Hua Bin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anti inflammation; Anticancer; Antioxidant; Bioactivity; Mushroom

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

AGARICALES; CHEMISTRY; CHINA;

AGARICALES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHINA; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS;

EID: 84979247240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21070938     Document Type: Review

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