Functional polysaccharide Lentinan suppresses human breast cancer growth via inducing autophagy and caspase-7-mediated apoptosis
The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct antitumor activity of edible fungal polysaccharide Lentinan, rather than as a host defence potentiator, on human breast cancer and investigate its underlying mechanisms. The present results revealed that there were 45.46% and 59.16% of inhibitory rate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464618301105 |