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White button mushroom extract may help slow progression of prostate cancer
White Button Mushrooms: The Surprising Ally in Prostate Cancer Treatment—New Study Reveals Tumor-Fighting Potential!
- The role mushroom compounds could play in preventing different conditions is a feature of much current research.
- There are differences in the compounds found in culinary mushrooms and mushrooms used in traditional medicine. The regulation of both also differs.
- A group of researchers from California looked at the impact of a culinary mushroom, white button mushroom extract, on the progression of prostate cancer in mice and patients.
- They propose that white button mushroom extract enhances the impact of immunotherapy used to treat prostate cancer in mice due to the presence of the polysaccharides in the mushrooms.
The role of white button mushrooms in treating prostate cancer has been investigated in mice and humans.
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