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Optimization of Production Conditions for Bioactive Polysaccharides from Fomes fomentarius and Investigation of Antibacterial and Antitumor Activities

Hale AlvandiDepartment of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranAshrafalsadat Hatamian-ZarmiDepartment of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranBahman Ebrahimi Hosseinzadeh. Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranZahra‐Beagom Mokhtari‐HosseiniDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
2020en
ABI

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Background: One of the medicinal fungi that has been used in traditional medicine for a long time is the Basidiomycete fungus Fomes fomentarius, which is widely distributed in Iran. Polysaccharides as one of the metabolites of this fungus have anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-cancer properties.

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