A polysaccharide fraction extracted from Pleurotus ostreatus mycelial biomass inhibit Sarcoma 180 tumor

ABSTRACT Fungi of Pleurotus genus have attracted a great interest due to their medicinal properties such as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antitumor. These properties are attributed mainly to polysaccharides synthesized by Pleurotus. This work aimed to study the mycelial growth of P. ostreatus...

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Main Authors: ELISABETH WISBECK, JEAN M. FACCHINI, ENDI P. ALVES, MARCIA L.L. SILVEIRA, REGINA M.M. GERN, JORGE L. NINOW, SANDRA A. FURLAN
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Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017000502013&lng=en&tlng=en