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Shiitake Mushrooms (Lentinus edodes)
Shiitake Mushrooms (Lentinus edodes) Overall Energy and Liver Enhancer Shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes), very popular worldwide as an edible mushroom, has history of artificial cultivation dating as far back as the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in China. Lentinan, derived from fruit body of Shiitake, is one of the three mushroom origin anti-cancer drugs approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan. Lentinan exhibits strong immune responses and has been extensively studied in association with cancers and viral infections....
read more[#2012-03] Maitake Preuss, Harry G. et al Fraction SX of Maitake Mushroom Favorably Influences Blood Glucose Levels and Blood Pressure in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Fraction SX of Maitake Mushroom Favorably Influences Blood Glucose Levels and Blood Pressure in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats Harry G. Preuss; Bobby Echard,1 Jia Fu,1 Nicholas V. Perricone2, Debasis Bagchi,3 Mark Kaylor4, and Cun Zhuang4 ‘Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. 2Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. 3Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of...
read moreTurkey Tail Mushrooms (Coriolus versicolor)
Turkey Tail Mushrooms (Coriolus versicolor) Maintain your immune system throughout the year Turkey Tail Mushroom (Coriolus versicolor), also known as “Yun Zhi” in China and “Kawara-take” in Japan, has been highly appreciated for its medicinal values by cancer patients in Asian countries for centuries. Extensive research was conducted on the immune enhancing and anti-tumor activities of fruit body of Turkey Tail since 1960s, and the famous PSK (polysaccharide-K; aka. Krestin) was developed from its cultured mycelium. It...
read more[#2012-02] Chemotherapeutic Drugs or Vitamin C and D-Fraction, Sensuke Konno et al.
Chemotherapeutic Drugs or Vitamin C and D-Fraction by Sensuke Konno, Bobby Alexander, and Muhammad Choudhury Department of Urology, New York Medical College To improve the efficacy of chemotherapy, we have been exploring combination therapies using chemotherapeutic drugs and natural agents extracted from herbs, plants, mushrooms, seeds, fruits, and so on. Among them, we were particularly interested in D-fraction (DF), a bioactive extract from maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa). This DF is the protein-bound polysaccharide or...
read moreRoyal Agaricus Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murill)
Royal Agaricus Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murill) Gift from God. For your strong immune system. Originating from the mountain region of Piedade, Brazil, Royal Agaricus Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murill) has been prized in Brazil as a panacea being called “Cogmelo de Deus,” Mushroom of God. It attracted scientists’ attention when they found much lower occurrence of adult diseases in this region. Then studies have been done in Japan in 1980s and 90s, which demonstrated various medicinal properties of Agaricus, including...
read more[#2012-01] ‘Miracle’ substance brings hope to advanced patients, even when chemotherapy has failed’ – ‘Health Sciences Institute’, Michele Cagan
‘Miracle’ substance brings hope to advanced patients, even when chemotherapy has failed’ If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with cancer, this potent natural compound could be the difference between survival and treatment failure. That’s right. This single mushroom extract not only shrinks tumors and kills cancer cells in advanced cancer patients, it also empowers their immune systems and minimizes the toxic damage and side effects of chemotherapy. What’s more, thousands of years of traditional use prove...
read more[#2011-16] Cordyceps Panda, Ashok Kumar et al. Traditional uses and medicinal potential of Cordyceps sinensis of Sikkim
Cordyceps sinensis has been described as a medicine in old Chinese medical books and Tibetan medicine. It is a rare combination of a caterpillar and a fungus and found at altitudes above 4500m in Sikkim. Traditional healers and local people of North Sikkim recommend the mushroom, i.e., Yarsa gumba, Keera jhar (C. sinensis) for all diseases either as a single drug or combined with other herbs. The present study was undertaken to collect information regarding the traditional uses of cordyceps in Sikkim. It was found that most local folk...
read more[#2011-15] Chaga Lemieszek, Marta et al. Anticancer effects of fraction isolated from fruiting body of Chaga
ABSTRACT: The medicinal mushroom Chaga, Inonotus obliquus (Pers.:Fr.) Pilát (Hymenochaetaceae), has been used in folk medicine in Russia, Poland, and most of the Baltic countries, as a cleansing and disinfecting measure, and as decoctions for stomach diseases, intestinal worms, liver and heart ailments, and cancer treatment. Many reports have been published concerning the health promoting functions of this mushroom, including antibacterial, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and antioxidant activities. The purpose of the...
read more[#2011-14] Royal Agaricus Ohno, Satoshi et al. Phase I Clinical Study of the Dietary Supplement, Agaricus blazei Murill, in Cancer Patients Remission
Although many cancer patients use complementary and alternative medicine, including Agaricus blazei Murill (ABM), safety is not yet well understood. Cancer survivors took 1.8, 3.6, or 5.4 g ABM granulated powder (KyowaWellness Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) per day orally for 6 months. Adverse events were defined by subjective/objective symptoms and laboratory data according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0 (NCI-CTCAE v3.0). Seventy-eight patients were assessed for safety of ABM...
read more[#2011-13] Reishi Obameso, J.O. Immunomodulatory and toxicological properties of some selected Ganoderma mushrooms species.pdf
The toxicological and immunodulatory properties of some selected Ganoderma species was investigated using animal bioassay. The result of the haematological analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the total white blood cell (WBC) count value between the control animal and those fed with Ganoderma extract, while there was increase in the packed cell volume (PCV) of the rat fed with the extract. The differential WBC count showed that lymphocytes and eosinophil increase in the animals fed with Ganoderma extract, while the...
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