Antitumor polysaccharides from mushrooms: a review on the structural characteristics, antitumor mechanisms and

Xin Meng1, Hebin Liang1, Lixin Luo1

  • 1School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.

Carbohydrate Research
|March 15, 2016
PubMed

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