Immune-enhancing effects of Maitake (Grifola frondosa) and Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) extracts

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Vetvicka, Vaclav ^a   Vetvickova, Jana ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein (CRP); Cytokines; Glucan; NK cells; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015472452     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.01.05     Document Type: Article

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