[#2004-04] Coriolus Hobbs, Christopher R...

Medicinal Value of Turkey Tail Fungus Trametes versicolor (L.:Fr.) Pilat (Aphyllophoromycetideae). A Literature Review* Christopher R. Hobbs Institute for Natural Products Research, Davis, California, USA ABSTRACT: Trametes (= Coriolus ) versicolor (L.:Fr.) Pilat, is a small, flexible polypore fungus that is an important part of the forest ecology as a recycler of dead and dying trees in forests throughout the world. Of all the mushrooms used today for their medicinal qualities, more research has been performed on this species than any other, including shiitake (Lentinus...

[#2002-19] Coriolus Hsieh, Tze-Chen Effe...

ABSTRACT Objective: The goal of this in vitro study was to test the cytostatic and cytotoxic activities of extracts derived from the polysaccharopeptide (PSP), I’m-Yunity,™ (Integrated Chinese Medicine Holdings Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong) prepared from strain Cov-1 of the mushroom Coriolus versicolor. Design: Different volumes of 70% ethanol and water extracts of I’m-Yunity were incubated with cultures of human promyelocytic leukemic HL-60 cells, and compared to nontreated control cells. At various times after treatment, cells were harvested and analyzed with...

[#1999-04] Activity of Edible Mushrooms...

 Activity of Edible Mushrooms Against the Growth of Human T4 Leukemic Cancer Cells, HeLa Cervical Cancer Cells and Plasmodium falciparum Lovy, A(a), Knowles, B(b), Labbe, R, Nolan(c), L(b) a) Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, b) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, c) Food Science Department, University of Massachusetts Several edible Hymenomycete mushroom species have been screened as possible inhibitors of human T4 leukemic cancer cells, HeLa cervical cancer cells, Plasmodium falciparum (a pyrimethamine...