Resource diversity of Chinese macrofungi: edible, medicinal and poisonous species

F Wu, LW Zhou, ZL Yang, T Bau, TH Li, YC Dai - Fungal diversity, 2019 - Springer
The huge land areas in China provide highly diverse habitats for macrofungi. Of these
macrofungi, many are directly related to people's daily life and have been utilized by ancient …

Functional foods based on extracts or compounds derived from mushrooms

FS Reis, A Martins, MH Vasconcelos, P Morales… - Trends in Food Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Due to an aging population and illnesses related to current lifestyles, health-
related concerns are becoming increasingly more important. Moreover, today's society is …

Promoting apoptosis, a promising way to treat breast cancer with natural products: A comprehensive review

L Yuan, Y Cai, L Zhang, S Liu, P Li, X Li - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is one of the top-ranked malignant carcinomas associated with morbidity and
mortality in women worldwide. Chemotherapy is one of the main approaches to breast …

[HTML][HTML] Treasures from the forest: Evaluation of mushroom extracts as anti-cancer agents

P Nowakowski, R Markiewicz-Żukowska… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mushrooms provide a reliable source of bioactive compounds and have numerous
nutritional values, which is one of the reasons why they are widely used for culinary …

The potential of mushroom extracts to improve chemotherapy efficacy in cancer cells: A systematic review

J Fonseca, JA Vaz, S Ricardo - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chemoresistance is a challenge in cancer treatment, limiting the effectiveness of
chemotherapy. Mushroom extracts have shown potential as treatments for cancer therapies …

Antioxidant activity and anti-proliferative effect of a bioactive peptide from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Z Xue, H Wen, L Zhai, Y Yu, Y Li, W Yu, A Cheng… - Food Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Our previous study identified a chickpea peptide (CPe-III) derived from chickpea albumin
hydrolysate which exhibited a high antioxidant activity. CPe-III-S peptide corresponding to …

Stability of blueberry anthocyanin, anthocyanidin and pyranoanthocyanidin pigments and their inhibitory effects and mechanisms in human cervical cancer HeLa cells

F Pan, Y Liu, J Liu, E Wang - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Anthocyan-rich foods have attracted lots of attention because of their potential biological and
pharmacological applications. Anthocyanins richly exist in blueberry fruits and have been …

[HTML][HTML] Achillea millefolium L. ethyl acetate fraction induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells

DH Abou Baker - Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop a comprehensive quantification of 20 bioactive compounds in
Achillea millefolium L (A. millefolium) fractions obtained by different solvents (petroleum …

Crataegus monogyna buds and fruits phenolic extracts: Growth inhibitory activity on human tumor cell lines and chemical characterization by HPLC–DAD–ESI/MS

S Rodrigues, RC Calhelha, JCM Barreira… - Food Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
Crataegus monogyna has been extensively studied due to its various alleged health
benefits. This study aimed to determine the human tumor cells growth inhibitory activity of …

Phytochemicals approach for develo** cancer immunotherapeutics

SY Yin, NS Yang, TJ Lin - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Phytochemicals or their derived compounds are being increasingly recognized as
potentially potent complementary treatments for cancer. Among them, some phytochemicals …