Table 3

Apoptosis induction in cancer cell lines after treatment with PSK for 4 days.

Tumour cell line
Apoptosis (%)



Control
PSK 100 μg/ml

AGS
4.32%
37.52%
A549
10.40%
35.50%
B16
8.90%
25.40%
Ando-2
7.98%
18.35%
JURKAT
6.10%
10.71%
HELA
9.35%
14.30%
B9
11.37%
12.11%

This assay was repeated at least three times, producing similar results.

Jiménez-Medina et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:78   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-78