Grifola frondosa , antitumor

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Adachi, K., Nanba, H., and Kuroda, H., Potentiation of host-mediated antitumor activity in mice by beta-glucan obtained from Grifola frondosa (maitake), Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo), 35, 35262-35270,1987. 

Zhuang, C., Mizuno, T., Ito, H., and Shimura, K., Chemical modification and antitumor activity of polysaccharides from the mycelium of liquid-cultured Grifola frondosa, Nippon Shokuhin Kogyo Gakkaishi, 41, 733-740, 1994. 

Nanba, H. 1993, Antitumor activity of orally administered D-fraction from Maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) . Journal of Naturopathic Medicine 4 10-15. 

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