Anticancer Effects of Ganoderma lucidum: A Review of Scientific Evidence

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  2005

• Venue

  Nutrition and Cancer

• Publication date

  2005-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1207/s15327914nc5301_2PMID 16351502
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