STUDIES ON THE ANTIMUTAGENIC AND CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF POLYPORUS UMBELLATUS CONSTITUENTS

A wide array of natural products have been identified to possess potenital cancer chemopreventive properties. Of particular interest is Polyporus umbellatus frs.. that exhibits antimutagenic and cytotoxic effects. The crud drug "chorei" prepared from the dried fruit body of Polyporus umbellatus is used for kidney and other such disease. In the study, we are isolating the minor components of Chorei and examined their antimutagenic and cytotoxic effects.(omitted)