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application/pdf, Cancer is one of the causes of death and is increasing year by year in Japan. So, demands for functional food increase for health maintenance to prevent cancer. Mushroom such as Phellinus linteus and Fuscoporia obliqua are known to be functional foods with anti-carcinogenic action. Because the growth of the mycelium is faster than that of the fruit body of the mushroom, radical scavenging activity, leading to causes of cancer initiation, was measured with those mycelial extracts. Mycelia of Phellinus linteus and Fuscoporia obliqua were cultured, and those aqueous extracts were prepared. As a result, it was found that Phellinus linteus mycelium had a higher antioxidant active ability than Fuscoporia obliqua mycelium. However, it was also found that the antioxidant active of those fruit body extracts was higher than those of mycelia extracts.

This article introduces our lasso loop technique (LLT) using a bioabsorbable thread for the treatment of intra-articular distal radius fractures with displaced dorsal bone fragment containing articular surface (DBF). We also examined whether the articular gap is sufficiently reduced and maintained by the LLT, along with the results of other radiological and clinical evaluations. We retrospectively reviewed 19 patients who underwent LLT for intra-articular distal radius fracture with a displaced DBF. Patient radiographic images and medical records were used to investigate radiological characteristics, symptoms, physical findings, and the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand scores. Sagittal-view computed tomography showed that the mean preoperative articular gap was 2.6 mm, but the gap was reduced by LLT, and the gap immediately postoperatively was