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Abstract: 1 table. [Extracts were from Gyrophora esculenta and Usnea rubescens. "At the dose of 100 mg/kg, GE-3 exerted a marked RES-stimulating affect, which was comparable with that given by 50 mg/kg of zymosan: the efect appeared to decrease with decreasing dose."]