Cancer Letters
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 193-198 , 30 October 2001

Effects of Maitake (Grifola frondosa) D-Fraction on the carcinoma angiogenesis

Received 30 May 2001 ,Revised 18 June 2001 ,Accepted 22 June 2001.

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Cancer Letters
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 193-198 , 30 October 2001

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