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1. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1999 Sep;221(4):281-93 Mushrooms, tumors, and immunity. Borchers AT, Stern JS, Hackman RM, Keen CL, Gershwin ME Division of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California 95616-8660, USA.

2. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 1997 May;19(2):175-83 Effects of Lentinus edodes, Grifola frondosa and Pleurotus ostreatus administration on cancer outbreak, and activities of macrophages and lymphocytes in mice treated with a carcinogen, N-butyl-N-butanolnitrosoamine. Kurashige S, Akuzawa Y, Endo F Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University School of Health Sciences, Japan

3. Nutr Rev 1996 Nov;54(11 Pt 2):S91-3 Functional properties of edible mushrooms. Chang R Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.

4. Biol Pharm Bull 1996 Apr;19(4):608-12 Effect of beta-glucans on the nitric oxide synthesis by peritoneal macrophage in mice. Ohno N, Egawa Y, Hashimoto T, Adachi Y, Yadomae T School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan.

5. Biol Pharm Bull 1995 Oct;18(10):1320-7 Structure-activity relationship of (1-->3)-beta-D-glucans in the induction of cytokine production from macrophages, in vitro. Okazaki M, Adachi Y, Ohno N, Yadomae T Laboratory of Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan.

6. Biol Pharm Bull 1994 Dec;17(12):1554-60 Enhancement of cytokine production by macrophages stimulated with (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan, grifolan (GRN), isolated from Grifola frondosa. Adachi Y, Okazaki M, Ohno N, Yadomae T Laboratory of Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan.

7. Biol Pharm Bull 1994 Aug;17(8):1106-10 Anti-diabetic activity present in the fruit body of Grifola frondosa (Maitake). Kubo K, Aoki H, Nanba H Yukiguni Maitake Co., Ltd. Niigata, Japan.

8. Chung Hua Wai Ko Tsa Chih 1994 Jul;32(7):433-4 Prophylactic effects of zhuling [Maitake] and BCG on postoperative recurrence of bladder cancer Yang DA, Li SQ, Li XT General Hospital of Jinan Unit of People's Liberation Army.

9. Biol Pharm Bull 1994 Apr;17(4):539-42 Monoclonal antibody to proteoglycan derived from Grifola frondosa (Maitake). Hirata A, Adachi Y, Itoh W, Komoda M, Tabata K, Sugawara I Research Laboratory, Taito Co., Ltd., Kobe, Japan.

10. Chung Hua Wai Ko Tsa Chih 1991 Jun;29(6):393-5, 399 Inhibitory effect of Chinese herb medicine zhuling [Maitake] on urinary bladder cancer. An experimental and clinical study. Yang DA General Hospital of Jian Unit of People's Liberation Army.

11. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 1989 Jul;37(7):1838-43 Physiochemical properties and antitumor activities of chemically modified derivatives of antitumor glucan "grifolan LE" from Grifola frondosa. Adachi Y, Ohno N, Ohsawa M, Sato K, Oikawa S, Yadomae T

12. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 1989 Feb;37(2):410-3 Antitumor and immunomodulating activities of a beta-glucan obtained from liquid-cultured Grifola frondosa. Suzuki I, Hashimoto K, Oikawa S, Sato K, Osawa M, Yadomae T

13. J Pharmacobiodyn 1987 Nov;10(11):644-51 Host-mediated antitumor effect of grifolan NMF-5N, a polysaccharide obtained from Grifola frondosa. Takeyama T, Suzuki I, Ohno N, Oikawa S, Sato K, Ohsawa M, Yadomae T Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Japan.

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