@article {15,
	title = {Anticancer, antioxidant and antibiotic activities of mushroom Ramaria flava.},
	journal = {Food Chem Toxicol},
	volume = {58},
	year = {2013},
	month = {2013 Aug},
	pages = {375-80},
	abstract = {<p>Ramaria flava is a species of edible mushroom with some bioactivity. The anticancer, antioxidant and antibiotic activities and chemical composition of R. flava ethanol extract (EE) were evaluated. The present study exhibited that the EE displayed the strongest inhibitory activity against tumor cell MDA-MB-231 with an IC50 value of 66.54 \&mu;g/mL in three tested tumor cell lines, and the inhibition percent was 71.66\% at the concentration of 200 \&mu;g/mL (MTT assay). The total phenolic compounds varied among four fractions of the EE from 6.66 to 61.01 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE) per g dry weight. Water fraction exhibited high DPPH and OH radical-scavenging activities with low IC50 values of 5.86 and 18.08 \&mu;g/mL, respectively. Meanwhile, three phenolic compounds from water fraction were also identified by HPLC. The antibiotic activities of the EE were evaluated against three microorganisms and three fungi strains by means of the agar well diffusion method and the poisoned medium technique, respectively. The EE also showed moderate antibiotic activities. These results suggest that R. flava could hold a good potential source for human health.</p>
},
	keywords = {Agaricales, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antifungal Agents, Antineoplastic Agents, Antioxidants, Cell Line, Tumor, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Free Radical Scavengers, Humans, Inhibitory Concentration 50},
	issn = {1873-6351},
	doi = {10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.001},
	author = {Liu, Kun and Wang, Junli and Zhao, Le and Wang, Qian}
}
@article {3,
	title = {Fatal mushroom poisoning caused by Amanita virosa in Thailand.},
	journal = {Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health},
	volume = {30},
	year = {1999},
	month = {1999 Mar},
	pages = {157-60},
	abstract = {<p>Consumption of toxic mushrooms belonging to the genus Amanita frequently leads to severe gastrointestinal distress followed by acute hepatic failure with a fatal outcome. In Thailand, valuable information as to the locally prevalent poisonous species, the preferred habitat and the management of suspected victims of intoxication is basically non-existent. We report here 5 cases of fatal poisoning with Amanita virosa having occurred in a family residing in the northeast of Thailand who as countless others had enjoyed mushroom gathering as a pasttime. Within 4 to 6 days after ingestion of the mushrooms, all had succumbed to acute hepatic failure with subsequent hepatoencephalopathy. Treatment modalities exist in the form of penicillin and silibinin, or thioctic acid administration followed by plasmapheresis. In cases taking a lethal course apparent from the results of liver biochemistry, liver transplantation is clearly indicated. In order to prevent mushroom poisoning altogether, educating the general population to that end certainly presents the method of choice.</p>
},
	keywords = {Adult, Amanita, Child, Combined Modality Therapy, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fluid Therapy, Health Education, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Humans, Liver Failure, Acute, Male, Mushroom Poisoning, Penicillins, Plasmapheresis, Protective Agents, Silymarin, Thailand, Thioctic Acid},
	issn = {0125-1562},
	author = {Chaiear, K and Limpaiboon, R and Meechai, C and Poovorawan, Y}
}
