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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 378651, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/378651
Research Article

Intrastrain Comparison of the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of an Edible Mushroom, Pleurotus giganteus, and Its Potent Neuritogenic Properties

Chia-Wei Phan,1,2 Pamela David,1,3 Yee-Shin Tan,1,2 Murali Naidu,1,3 Kah-Hui Wong,1,3 Umah Rani Kuppusamy,1,4 and Vikineswary Sabaratnam1,2

1Mushroom Research Centre, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Received 15 May 2014; Accepted 24 June 2014; Published 10 July 2014

Academic Editor: Paula B. Andrade

Copyright © 2014 Chia-Wei Phan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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