许多植物药和藻多糖可作为生物反应调节剂发挥免疫增强和抗肿瘤作用。鹿角海萝(Gloiopeltis tenax)是一种内枝藻科红藻,在日本民间用于治疗肿瘤和某些成人病。曾报道鹿角海萝及其提取成分藻多糖funoran对大鼠具有抗高血压和抗高血脂作用。然而有关funoran多糖对转移肿瘤及免疫反应的作用的报道却很少。本文作者研究了funoran对 Many botanicals and polysaccharides can act as biological response modifiers to exert immune enhancement and anti-tumor effects. Gloiopeltis tenax is an endophytic red algae that is used in Japanese folk for the treatment of tumors and certain adult diseases. It has been reported that Antler spinosa and its extracted ingredient, fumonan, have antihypertensive and antihyperlipidic effects on rats. However, there have been few reports on the effects of funoran polysaccharides on metastatic tumors and immune responses. The author of this article studied the funoran pair