Recent developments in mushrooms as anti-cancer therapeutics: A review

3 Biotech

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Patel, Seema ^a   Goyal, Arun ^b  

^a LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Anti tumor agent; Apoptosis; Caspase; Polysaccharides; Glucan

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BISPORUS EXTRACT; AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; CISPLATIN; CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID; FLUOROURACIL; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GANODERIC ACID ME; GANODERIC ACID MF; GANODERIC ACID S; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; HISPOLON; INONOTUS OBLIQUUS EXTRACT; IROFULVEN; LECTIN; LENTINAN; OXALIPLATIN; PHELLINUS IGNIARIUS EXTRACT; PHELLINUS LINTEUS EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE PEPTIDE GFPPS1B; POLYSACCHARIDE POPS 1; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; THEANINE; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGARICUS; AGARICUS BISPORUS; ALBATRELLUS CONFLUENS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTRODIA; APOPTOSIS; BOLETUS; BOLETUS BADIUS; CALVATIA UTRIFORMIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLITOCYBE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COPRINUS COMATUS; CORDYCEPS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES; FOMES FOMENTARIUS; FUNLIA TROGII; GANODERMA; GRIFOLA FRONDOSA; HERICIUM ERINACEUS; HUMAN; INOCYBE UMBRINELLA; INONOTUS OBLIQUUS; LACTARIUS FLAVIDULUS; LENTINULA EDODES; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PHELLINUS; PHELLINUS IGNIARIUS; PHELLINUS LINTEUS; PIPTOPORUS BETULINUS; PLEUROTUS; POLYOZELLUS MULTIPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RUSSULA; SARCOMA; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SUILLUS PLACIDUS; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

AGARICUS; ALBATRELLUS; ANTRODIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CALVATIA; CLITOCYBE; CORDYCEPS; FLAMMULINA; FOMES; GANODERMA; INOCYBE; INONOTUS; LACTARIUS; PHELLINUS; PLEUROTUS; RUSSULA; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; SUILLUS; TRAMETES; XEROCOMUS;

EID: 85200168784     PISSN: 2190572X     EISSN: 21905738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-011-0036-2     Document Type: Review

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