Oral Administration of Agaricus Blazei (H1 Strain) Inhibited Tumor Growth in a Sarcoma 180 Inoculation Model

Accession number;03A0781106
Title;Oral Administration of Agaricus Blazei (H1 Strain) Inhibited Tumor Growth in a Sarcoma 180 Inoculation Model
Author; LEE Y-L (Hallym Univ., Chunchun) KIM H-J (Seoul National Univ., Seoul) LEE M-S (Seoul National Univ., Seoul) KIM J-M (Yuhan Corp., Kyunggido) HAN J-S (Hoe-eun Life Sci. Res. Inst., Gyeongigi-do) HONG E-K (Kangwon National Univ., Chunchun) KWON M-S (Kangwon National Univ., Chunchun) LEE M-J (Samsung Biomedical Res. Inst., Seoul, Kor)
Journal Title;Exp Anim
Journal Code:Z0755A
ISSN:1341-1357
VOL.52;NO.5;PAGE.371-375(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.3, REF.12
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;Agaricus blazei (H1 strain) was tested for its anticancer activity using a sarcoma 180 (S180) inoculation model and the changing patterns of splenocyte subsets were examined. Its hot-water extract was administered orally to ICR and KSN nude mice that were inoculated with S180. The growth of S180 was significantly inhibited in A. blazei treated groups. Pan T cells significantly increased in all treated groups compared to controls, even in KSN nude mice. Splenocyte subset changes were slightly different between ICR and KSN nude mice. This S180 inoculation model proved to be effective in screening the antitumor effect of basidiomycetes and allowed comparisons of immunological cellular changes between the mouse strains. (author abst.)
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