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Full Screen- Title
- Declaration
- Certificate
- Acknowledgement
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Review of Literature
- 2.1. Epidemiology of cancer
- 2.2. Etiology of cancer
- 2.3. Role of free radicals in cancer
- 2.4. Association between inflammation and neoplasia
- 2.5. Apoptosis and cancer
- 2.6. The pharmacological potential of mushrooms
- 2.7. Mushroom polysaccharides in the treatment of cancer
- 2.8. Medicinal properties of Phellinus species
- 3. Materials and methods
- 4. Isolation and characterization of polysaccharide-protein complex from the fruiting bodies of Phellinus rimosus
- 5. Anti-tumor activity of PPC-Pr
- 6. Anti-oxidant activity of PPC-Pr
- 7. Anti-inflammatory and in vivo anti-oxidant activities of PPC-Pr
- 8. Cytotoxic, anti-proliferative and apoptotic activities of PPC-Pr
- 9. Isolation and characterization of β-D-(1→6) glucan from PPC-Pr
- 10. Biological properties of β-D-(1→6) glucan isolated from Phellinus rimosus
- 11. Summary and conclusions
- Bibliography