Abstract
We studied whether the cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) or 4-(carboxy)phenylhydrazine (CP) induce lung adenomas in the A/J mouse lung tumor model. For 26 weeks female mice were fed a semisynthetic diet where 11 or 22% of the diet was replaced by freeze-dried mushrooms. The intake of the mushroom diets was equivalent to an intake of agaritine, the major phenylhydrazine derivative occurring in the mushroom, of 92 or 166 mg/kg body weight per day. The intake of CP was 106 mg/kg body weight per day. Neither the;freeze-dried mushroom nor CP induced statistically significant increased numbers of lung adenomas in female A/J mice in the administered dosages.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Cancer Letters |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 79-85 |
ISSN | 0304-3835 |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |