Medicinal importance of fungal β-(1→3), (1→6)-glucans

Mycological Research - Tập 111 Số 6 - Trang 635-652 - 2007
Jiezhong Chen1, Robert J. Seviour2
1Cancer Biology Program, Diamantia Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.
2Biotechnology Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Applied Science, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, La Trobe University Bendigo, Victoria 3550, Australia

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