Effect of Hericium erinaceum (Yamabusitake) and Grifola frondosa (Maitake) on the Suppression of EL4-Tumor Cell Growth / 日本補完代替医療学会誌

The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of <i>Hericium erinaceum</i> (Yamabusitake) and <i>Grifola frondosa </i>(Maiteke) on the proliferation for EL4-tumor and immunoregulatory function by flow cytometory.<br> It was found that Yamabushitake and Maitake tend to inhibit the proliferation of EL4-tumor individually. In the flow cytometory analysis, Maitake-treatment showed the preserve effect against the depression effect by bearing EL4-tumor on cytotoxic T cell and NK-cell from spleen cell. This effect was shown more clear in the group of mixture Yamabusitake and Maitake.<br>