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[2011.08.05] Maitake (D Fraction) Mushroom Extract Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells by BAK-1 Gene Activation

Maitake (D Fraction) Mushroom Extract Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells by BAK-1 Gene Activation Raquel Soares, Manuela Meireles,1 Ana Rocha,1 Ana Pirraco,1 Diego Obiol,2 Eliana Alonso,2 Gisela Joos,2 and Gabriela Balogh 1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto Foundation, Porto, Portugal. 2Center for Scientific and Technical Investigation, Cerzos-Conicet, Bahı´a Blanca, Argentina. ABSTRACT For many years mushrooms have been used empirically in traditional medicine to treat several diseases. Study...

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[2008.06.06] Memorial Sloan Kettering Presented Immunomodulatory Effects on Maitake Extract

Memorial Sloan Kettering Presented Immunomodulatory Effects on Maitake Extract Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (“MSKCC”) has announced at the Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago May 30 – June 3, 2008, the results of a government-funded clinical study which began in 2004 and confirms the immunomodulatory effects of Maitake extracts as well as “no dose-limiting toxicity”. MSKCC also concluded that the clinical significance is unknown yet. The study was conducted on a...

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[2006.08.21] Maitake Mushroom (Grifola frondosa)

Maitake Mushroom (Grifola frondosa) Maitake is an edible and medicinal mushroom grows in the northern part of the Temperate Zone in the Northern Hemisphere found in Japan, China, Europe and North America. Wild Maitake can be harvested in September and October. It forms large hands, mainly near the roots of big fagaceous trees such as white oak, beech, and tanbark oak. It grows in persimmon, plum, apricot, Prunus ume and oak trees. It invades the core of these trees. It decomposes lignin and leaves the cellulose, which is the cause of so-called...

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