Phytomedicine
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 366-370 , 9 May 2006

Antitumor and immunostimulating effects of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata

  • C.-C. Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • H.-F. Shang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • L.-F. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • B. Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • C.-C. Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • H.-Y. Kao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • K.-T. Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +88602273616613169; fax: +8860227399650.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.01.016

Phytomedicine
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 366-370 , 9 May 2006

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