Truths and myths about the mushroom agaricus blazei;Verdades e mitos sobre o cogumelo Agaricus blazei

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 545-549

  Dias, Eustáquio Souza ^a   Abe, Carlos ^b   Schwan, Rosane Freitas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b Fazenda Guirra   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antitumor properties; Cogumelo do sol; Royal agaricus; Sun mushroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014973400     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162004000500014     Document Type: Article

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