Intro -- ANDOSANTMAN OPTIMAL BIOLOGICALRESPONSE MODIFIER ANDHEALTH PROMOTINGINGREDIENT PREPARED FROMAGARICUS BLAZEI MUSHROOM -- ANDOSANTMAN OPTIMAL BIOLOGICALRESPONSE MODIFIER ANDHEALTH PROMOTINGINGREDIENT PREPARED FROMAGARICUS BLAZEI MUSHROOM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1INTRODUCTION -- 1. HISTORY AND TRADITIONAL USES -- 2. CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS IN NUTRITIONAND MEDICINE -- Compositions and Activities of Mushroom Extracts -- 3. OVERVIEW OF PRECLINICAL AND CLINICALSTUDIES -- 4.MECHANISM OF ACTION -- Chapter 2BOTANY -- 1. VARIETIES, GEOGRAPHY OF DISTRIBUTION -- 2. Botanical Description -- Chapter 3CHEMISTRY -- 1. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ANDOSAN -- 2. SEARCH FOR ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN ANDOSAN -- Chapter 4PROCESSING OF THE RAW MATERIAL -- Chapter 5PHARMACOLOGY, PRECLINICAL ANDCLINICAL ACTIVITIES -- 1. PHARMACOKINETICS AND POTENTIAL DRUG-HERBINTERACTIONS -- 2. BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER(E.G., DENDRITIC CELLS AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS)₠ -- 3. ANTIOXIDANT -- 4. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY -- 5. ANTIMICROBIAL, ANTIVIRAL, ANTI-PARASITIC -- 6. TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER -- 7. TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CHRONICINFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS -- (a) Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) -- (b) Rheumatoid Arthritis -- (c) Allergies and Asthma -- 8. SPORT'S MEDICINE -- a) Positive Effects on the Immune System in Athletes' andPrevention of Sports Injury -- b) Survey in Elite Swimmers -- Chapter 6TOXICOLOGY AND SAFETY -- 1. ACUTE, CHRONIC TOXICITY, GENOTOXICITY,MUTAGENICITY AND TERATOGENICITY -- 2. ANTI-DOPING TESTING -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.