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Anticomplementary Activity of Antitumour Polysaccharides

Nature New Biology volume 238, pages 59–60 (1972)Cite this article

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THE polysaccharides obtained from some basidiomycetes, Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) Quel.1, Flammulina velutipes (Curt, ex Fr.) Sing.2, Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing.2–4, Polia cocos, Wolf (Bukuryo)5 and Schizophyllum commune Fr.7, strongly inhibit the growth of sarcoma 180, and their anti-tumour activity is host-mediated8,9.

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    TOMOKO OKUDA, YUKO YOSHIOKA, TETSURO IKEKAWA, GORO CHIHARA & KUSUYA NLSHIOKA

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OKUDA, T., YOSHIOKA, Y., IKEKAWA, T. et al. Anticomplementary Activity of Antitumour Polysaccharides. Nature New Biology 238, 59–60 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio238059a0

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