“…The antiproliferative effect of Agaricus mycelium has been described in other investigations, demonstrating protective effects against genetic damage (Barbisan et al, 2003;Bellini et al, 2006;Delmanto et al, 2001;Luiz, Jordao, Eira, Ribeiro, & Mantovani, 2003;Machado, Filho, Terezan, Ribeiro, & Mantovani, 2005;Martins, Jordao, Ribeiro, Ferreira, & Mantovani, 2002) and inhibitory effects on tumour cell growth, cell migration or tumour-induced neovascularisation by mushroom (Kimura, Kido, Takaku, Sumiyoshi, & Baba, 2004;Kobayashi et al, 2005;Takaku, Kimura, & Okuda, 2001). Regarding this, Kawamura and Kasai (2007) reported that hemicellulase-treated A. blazei showed a strong antiproliferative effect and induced p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated cell growth delay and apoptosis in some cell lines.…”