The Use of Lentinan for Treating Gastric Cancer

Natural compounds containing fungal β-glucans have been used to improve general health for thousands of years in China and Japan. Lentinan, the backbone of β-(1, 3)-glucan with β-(1, 6) branches, is one of the active ingredients purified from Shiitake mushrooms and has been approved as a biological...

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Main Authors: Ina, Kenji, Kataoka, Takae, Ando, Takafumi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Bentham Science Publishers 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664515/