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Turkey Tail · Yun Zhi

Trametes versicolor

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2,168
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37
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2026
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Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

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2,151
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50
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2026
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Reishi · Lingzhi

Ganoderma lucidum

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2,003
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56
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2026
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Shiitake · Hua Gu

Lentinula edodes

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1,898
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56
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2026
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Cordyceps · Scarlet Club

Cordyceps militaris

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1,774
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63
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2026
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Cordyceps · Caterpillar Fungus

Ophiocordyceps sinensis

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1,713
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55
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2026
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Almond Mushroom · ABM

Agaricus blazei

Studies
1,568
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51
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2026
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Enoki · Winter Mushroom

Flammulina velutipes

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1,561
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44
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2026
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Maitake · Hen of the Woods

Grifola frondosa

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1,440
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43
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2026
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King Oyster · Eryngii

Pleurotus eryngii

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1,359
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57
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2026
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Snow Fungus · Silver Ear

Tremella fuciformis

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1,325
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25
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2026
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Lion's Mane · Yamabushitake

Hericium erinaceus

Studies
902
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65
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2026
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Chaga

Inonotus obliquus

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793
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62
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2026
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Mesima · Sanghwang

Phellinus linteus

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748
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57
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2026
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Niu-Chang-Chih

Antrodia camphorata

Studies
521
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60
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2026
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Nameko · Nametake

Pholiota microspora

Studies
472
Avg relevance
27
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2026
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Yellow Morel

Morchella esculenta

Studies
469
Avg relevance
37
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2026
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Zhu Ling · Umbrella Polypore

Polyporus umbellatus

Studies
281
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52
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2026
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Wood Ear · Kikurage

Auricularia auricula-judae

Studies
278
Avg relevance
47
Latest
2026
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Agarikon · Quinine Conk

Fomitopsis officinalis

Studies
47
Avg relevance
55
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2026
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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Antifatigue and Antistress Effect of the Hot-Water Fraction from Mycelia of Cordyceps sinensis

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, energy & fatigue, metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportEnergy & fatigueMetabolic health
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Yellow Morel · 2003 · Journal Article · Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Antioxidant and Anti-Cataract Effects of Chlorella on Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Morchella esculenta in Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Biodegradation of Bisphenol A by Cultured Cells of Caragana chamlagu

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Turkey Tail · 2003 · Journal Article · Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Calpain 10 as a Predictive Gene for Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence from a Novel Screening System Using White Blood Cells of Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Trametes versicolor in Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic health
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Construction of a Homologous Selectable Marker Gene for Lentinula edodes Transformation

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Japanese Journal of Food Chemistry and Safety

Determination of Inorganic Arsenic in Natural Food Additive

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Japanese Journal of Food Chemistry and Safety in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Japanese Journal of Electrocardiology

Early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with DDI pacemaker by 12-leads electrocardiogram

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Japanese Journal of Electrocardiology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Japanese Journal of Mycology

Effect of calcium carbonate on the fruit-body development of the early-ripening variety of Hypsizygus marmoreus

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Japanese Journal of Mycology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Effect of trehalose on the spawn storage in some edible mushroom fungi (2): Effect on preservation in the freezer

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Effects of Anticoagulant from Spirodela polyrhiza in Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Effects of Anticoagulant from Spirodela polyrhiza in Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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King Oyster · 2003 · Journal Article · Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Effects of Feeding Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, on Serum and Liver Lipid Levels in Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus eryngii in Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health, gut & microbiome, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Metabolic healthGut & microbiomeLiver support
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Turkey Tail · 2003 · Journal Article · Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Effects of Petroselinum crispum Extract on Pancreatic B Cells and Blood Glucose of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Trametes versicolor in Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic health
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Electrophoretic karyotype of Flammulina velutipes and its variation among monokaryotic progenies

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN

Enzymatic Oxidative Polymerization of 4-Chloroguaiacol by Laccase

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Enzymatically Depolymerized Alginate Oligomers That Cause Cytotoxic Cytokine Production in Human Mononuclear Cells

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Fruit-body production of an ectomycorrhizal fungus in genus Boletus in pure culture

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Genetic differences in wild strains of Lentinula edodes collected from a single fallen tree

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Genetic variation in cultivated strains of Agaricus blazei

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Heterothallic life cycle in the white root rot fungus Rosellinia necatrix

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · The Journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Induced by Pleurotus Eryngii Spores-A Case Report

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in The Journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health, respiratory based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Metabolic healthRespiratory
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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Hypocholesterolemic Effect of Hot-Water Extract from Mycelia of Cordyceps sinensis

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Hypolipidemic Effect of an Exo-biopolymer Produced from a Submerged Mycelial Culture of Hericium erinaceus

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Isolation and characterization of a sporeless mutant in Pleurotus eryngii

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Sessile Organisms

List of papers

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Sessile Organisms in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Maitake · 2003 · Journal Article · Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

New Sphingolipids from Marine Sponge Iotrochota baculifera

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Grifola frondosa in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to immune support, metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Phylogenetic position of Pholiota nameko in the genus Pholiota inferred from restriction analysis of ribosomal DNA

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · The Japanese Forestry Society Congress Database

Population dynamics of the pine wood nematode inoculated to pine logs

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in The Japanese Forestry Society Congress Database in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Purification, Characterization, and Molecular Cloning of a Pyranose Oxidase from the Fruit Body of the Basidiomycete, Tricholoma matsutake

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Maitake · 2003 · Journal Article · Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Resistant Starches of Beans Reduce the Serum Cholesterol Concentration in Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Grifola frondosa in Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to immune support, metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Immune supportMetabolic health
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Some characteristics of three groups in Flammulina velutipes classified by analysis of esterase isozymes

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Japanese Journal of Mycology

Studies on photomorphogenesis and metabolic regulation in fruit-body formation of basidiomycetes

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Japanese Journal of Mycology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Enoki · 2003 · Journal Article · Japanese Journal of Mycology

Studies on photomorphogenesis and metabolic regulation in fruit-body formation of basidiomycetes

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Flammulina velutipes in Japanese Journal of Mycology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Nameko · 2003 · Journal Article · Japanese Journal of Mycology

Studies on photomorphogenesis and metabolic regulation in fruit-body formation of basidiomycetes

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pholiota microspora in Japanese Journal of Mycology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY OF PLANT PROTECTION OF NORTH JAPAN

The Occurrence of Click Beetles, Melanotus fortnumi and M. senilis on Common Hop

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY OF PLANT PROTECTION OF NORTH JAPAN in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Transformation of the White-rot Basidiomycete Coriolus hirsutus Using the Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Gene

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2003 · Journal Article · Mushroom science and biotechnology

Waste by-product, Corn Fiber (CNF) for Use as a Substrate in the Sawdust-based Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mushroom science and biotechnology in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Metabolic healthLiver support
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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Rinsho Ketsueki

一般演題ポスター(1-1∼1-160)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Rinsho Ketsueki in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · Rinsho Ketsueki

一般演題ポスター(2-141∼3-125)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Rinsho Ketsueki in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Reishi · 2003 · Journal Article · The Journal of Japan Mibyou System Association

霊芝菌糸体培養基熱水抽出物 (MAK) の免疫アジュバント作用

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in The Journal of Japan Mibyou System Association in 2003. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Reishi · 2002 · Journal Article · The Japanese Journal of Pediatric Dentistry

A Case of Developmental Anomaly in the Maxillary Right Lateral Incisor and The Disturbance of Eruption of Central Incisor

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in The Japanese Journal of Pediatric Dentistry in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2002 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

A distinctive phenotype in the common-A heterokaryon of Coprinus cinereus

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2002 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

A new method for the preservation of fungus stock cultures by deep-freezing

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Mycoscience in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2002 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

A new method for the preservation of fungus stock cultures by deep-freezing

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Almond Mushroom · 2002 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

A Steroidal Glycoside from Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce. Improves Insulin Resistance but does not Alter Insulin Secretion in 90% Pancreatectomized Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Agaricus blazei in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2002 · Journal Article · Mycoscience

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms for examining genetic variability among isolates of Phellinus linteus

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mycoscience in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to energy & fatigue, metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Oyster Mushroom · 2002 · Journal Article · Allergology International

Anaphylaxis caused by the ingestion of cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus): Identification of allergen as mannitol

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Allergology International in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2002 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Anticoagulant from Taraxacum platycarpum

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support
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Oyster Mushroom · 2002 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Anticoagulant from Taraxacum platycarpum

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

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Reishi · 2002 · Journal Article · Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi

Antihypertensive Effect of γ-Aminobutyric Acid-Enriched Agaricus blazei on Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support