Genotoxic and antigenotoxic effects of organic extracts of mushroom Agaricus blazei Murrill on V79 cells

Agaricus blazei Murrill, popularly known as the sun mushroom, is a native mushroom in SP, Brazil, that has been widely used in the treatment of cancer and many other pathologies in different parts of the world. A water-soluble protein-polysaccharide complex (1 -> 6)beta-D-glucan has been isolated...

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Main Authors: Zaira da Rosa Guterres, Mário Sérgio Mantovani, Augusto Ferreira da Eira, Lúcia Regina Ribeiro, Berenice Quinzani Jordão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2005-09-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572005000300022&tlng=en