Nature 222, 687 - 688 (17 May 1969); doi:10.1038/222687a0

Inhibition of Mouse Sarcoma 180 by Polysaccharides from Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing.

GORO CHIHARA, YUKIKO MAEDA, JUNJI HAMURO, TAKUMA SASAKI & FUMIKO FUKUOKA

National Cancer Center, Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.

POLYSACCHARIDE preparations from bamboo leaves¹, bagasse^2,3 and wheat straw⁴ inhibit the growth of sarcoma 180 implanted subcutaneously in mice. It was proposed that this activity was host mediated, not cytocidal.

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