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Immune supportMetabolic health

Maitake · 2008 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · The American journal of Chinese medicine

Submerged culture mycelium and broth of Grifola frondosa improve glycemic responses in diabetic rats.

Grifola frondosa, an edible fungus with a large fruiting body and overlapping caps, has been demonstrated to be a natural source of health-promoting substances, mainly due to its polysaccharides beta-glucan..

Lion's Mane · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

A BEVERAGE USING HERICIUM ERINACEUS EXTRACTS CONTAINING HERB MEDICINE COMPONENTS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME

A method of manufacturing a beverage by aging an extract of Hericium Erinaceus and an herbal extract in an agitation tank is provided to obtain beverage having pharmacological actions of components such as anti-diabetic effect, rejuvenating and strengthening effect and anti-osteoporosis effect without the off-flavor….

Immune supportMetabolic health

Maitake · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

A MANUFACTURING METHOD OF POLYSACCHAROSE FROM GRIFOLA FRONDOSA BY LIQUID CULTURING AND ENZYME DECOMPOSITION

A method for preparing polysaccharides from Grifola frondosa is provided to obtain about more than 2 times amount of the polysaccharides compared to that of general culturing methods, reduce the cost for enzyme by directly culturing enzyme producing strains, and increase the solubility of the polysaccharides by cell….

Wood Ear · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

BIOPOLYMER HAVING HYPOLIPIDEMIC EFFECT EXTRACTED FROM THE FRUITING BODIES OF AURICULARIA AURICULA-JUDAE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME

A biopolymer derived from fruit bodies of Auricularia auricula-judae is provided to show excellent hyperlipidemia treating effect, decrease the total cholesterol, triglyceride, atherogenic index and low density lipoprotein(LDL) cholesterol in plasma and maintain the concentration of high density lipoprotein(HDL)….

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

King Oyster · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

ENDO-BIOPOLYMERS PRODUCED FROM A SUBMERGED MYCELLIM CULTURE OF PLEUROTUS ERYNGII HAVING ANTITUMOR EFFECTS

Endo-biopolymers produced from submerged mycelium culture of Pleurotus eryngii are provided to inhibit proliferation of tumor cancer cells, increase activity of natural killer(NK) cells in the spleen and activity of glutathione S-transferase in the liver..

Turkey Tail · 2007 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · Bioresource technology

Fungal bio-treatment of spruce wood with Trametes versicolor for pitch control: influence on extractive contents, pulping process parameters, paper quality and effluent toxicity.

Lipophilic low molar-mass constituents in wood chips for the paper industry result in low quality pulp, pitch deposition, and effluent toxicity. New biotechnological solutions such as fungal pre-treatment of wood chips can reduce pitch problems..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

Niu-Chang-Chih · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

NOVEL MIXTURE AND COMPOUNDS FROM MYCELIA OF ANTRODIA CAMPHORATA AND USE THEREOF

A novel mixture extracted from mycelia of Antrodia camphorata and compounds isolated therefrom are provided to reduce maximum blood pressure, increase high density lipoprotein, and have central cholinergic agonism, hepatoprotection, antiinflammation and anticancer activities..

King Oyster · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

Pleurotus eryngii cross new strain with fruiting body in bowling ball shape and its breeding method

The present invention provides one kind of crossbred Pleurotus eryngii strain with bowling ball shaped fruiting body and in the preservation number of CGMCC No. 1821 and its breeding process.

Chaga · 2007 · Comparative Study · Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica

Sterol composition in field-grown and cultured mycelia of Inonotus obliquus.

Sterols are one of the active classes of compounds in Inonotus obliquus for their effective therapy of many diseases. In field environment, this fungus accumulates large amount of sterols.

Mesima · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

THE METHOD FOR BREEDING A DOMESTIC CATTLE USING PHELLINUS LINTEUS

A method of breeding cattle by feeding fermented feed containing deep sea water, Phellinus linteus and glucose and amylase and water containing deep sea water and purified water is provided, which reduces death rate by less than 8% and the breeding period and improves meat quality..

Mesima · 2007 · Patent · journal metadata

THE METHOD FOR BREEDING A DOMESTIC PIG USING PHELLINUS LINTEUS

A method of breeding pigs by feeding deep sea water and fermented products of Phellinus linteus and deep sea water to pigs is provided. The method reduces the mortality rate of pigs by less than 2% without feed antibiotics and breeding period and produces meat with low cholesterol and the efficacy of Phellinus linteus….

Niu-Chang-Chih · 2006 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T · The American journal of Chinese medicine

Antrodia camphorata in submerged culture protects low density lipoproteins against oxidative modification.

Antrodia camphorata is well known in Taiwan as a traditional Chinese medicine. In this study, we have investigated the antioxidant properties of a fermented culture broth of Antrodia camphorata (FCBA) and the aqueous extracts of mycelia from Antrodia camphorata (AEMA) on the oxidative modification of human low-density….

Chaga · 2006 · Patent · journal metadata

INONOTUS OBLIQUUS EXTRACT HAVING AN ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY AND A COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME AS AN EFFECTIVE INGREDIENT

The extract of Inonotus obliquus fruit bodies having improved anti-diabetic activity and an anti-diabetic composition comprising the same extract as an effective ingredient are provided to treat diabetes without side effects through the oral administration..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic health

Maitake · 2006 · Patent · journal metadata

PROCESS FOR CULTIVATING MACROMYCETES OF "GRIFOLA FRONDOSA" SPECIES, FOR PREPARING SOME ANTI-TUMORAL AND ANTI-INFECTIOUS IMMUNOSTIMULATING BIOPREPARATIONS

The invention relates to a process for cultivating macromycetes of the Grifola frondosa species for obtaining fructiferous bodies used for preparing anti-tumoral and anti-infectious immunostimulating biopreparations..

Cordyceps · 2004 · Journal Article · Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Improvement of Insulin Resistance and Insulin Secretion by Water Extracts of Cordyceps militaris, Phellinus linteus, and Paecilomyces tenuipes in 90% Pancreatectomized Rats

The effect of supplementation with Phellinus linteus (P. linteus), Paecilomyces tenuipes (P.

Oyster Mushroom · 2002 · Journal Article · Annual Report of The Kansai Plant Protection Society

Occurrence and control of the gill-knot disease of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.: Fr.) Kummer, in Osaka Prefecture

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Annual Report of The Kansai Plant Protection Society in 2002. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Oyster Mushroom · 1995 · Journal Article · JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY

The uptake of the fungicide, thiabendazole by the oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) cultivated on a sawdust medium

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY in 1995. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Oyster Mushroom · 1994 · Journal Article · NIPPON SHOKUHIN KOGYO GAKKAISHI

Effects of Ozone Exposure during Cultivation of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) on Chemical Components of the Fruit Bodies

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in NIPPON SHOKUHIN KOGYO GAKKAISHI in 1994. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Metabolic healthSkin & hydration

Chaga · 1994 · Journal Article · Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry

Inonotus obliquus (Chaga fungus): in vitro culture and the production of inotodiol, sterols, and other secondary metabolites

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Inonotus obliquus in Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry in 1994. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health, skin & hydration based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Maitake · 1989 · Journal Article · Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Histopathological Changes in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats after Feeding of Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) and Maitake (Grifola frondosa) Mushroom Diets

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Grifola frondosa in Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition in 1989. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

Reishi · 1989 · Journal Article · Nippon Nōgeikagaku Kaishi

Triterpenoids from the Fungus Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Nippon Nōgeikagaku Kaishi in 1989. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Oyster Mushroom · 1988 · Journal Article · NIPPON SHOKUHIN KOGYO GAKKAISHI

Absorption of Elements from Heavy Metals Containing Culture Media by Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus (Fr.) QUÉL.)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in NIPPON SHOKUHIN KOGYO GAKKAISHI in 1988. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

Reishi · 1988 · Journal Article · Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

Bitterness and Structure Relationship of the Triterpenoids from Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry in 1988. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Maitake · 1988 · Journal Article · Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin

Blood pressure-lowering activity present in the fruit body of Grifola frondosa (maitake). I.

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Grifola frondosa in Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin in 1988. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

Reishi · 1986 · Journal Article · Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

Ganoderiol A and B, New Triterpenoids from the Fungus Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry in 1986. 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

Reishi · 1985 · Journal Article · Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

New Bitter C27 and C30 Terpenoids from the Fungus Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry in 1985. 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

Reishi · 1984 · Journal Article · Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

New Bitter C27 and C30 Terpenoids from the Fungus Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry in 1984. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Cognition & nervesMetabolic health

Reishi · 2026 · Journal Article · BMC complementary medicine and therapies

Acute neurotoxicity in a child following multi-component medicinal fungi supplementation: a case report.

BACKGROUND: Medicinal fungi supplements have gained widespread recognition, increasing off-label use in pediatric populations. However, their safety profile remains inadequately characterized, and the potential for toxic effects, including neurotoxicity, is underrecognized in clinical practice..

Energy & fatigueMetabolic healthGut & microbiome

Shiitake · 2023 · Preprint · journal metadata

Performance of dairy goat fed with Lentinula edodes and Ceriporiopsis subvermispora treated wheat straw

Abstract Feed crop production annually results in substantial agricultural residues, with wheat straw as the primary contributor. However, the high lignin content in wheat straw limits its nutritional value for ruminants..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

Maitake · 2001 · Review · Alternative medicine review: a journal of clinical therapeutic

Maitake extracts and their therapeutic potential.

Maitake (Grifola frondosa) is the Japanese name for an edible fungus with a large fruiting body characterized by overlapping caps. It is a premier culinary as well as medicinal mushroom.

Metabolic healthLiver support

Maitake · 1996 · Randomized Controlled Trial · Alternative therapies in health and medicine

The effect of maitake mushrooms on liver and serum lipids.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of maitake mushrooms in inhibiting the elevation of liver and serum lipids in rats. DESIGN: Sprague-Dawley rats with hyperlipidemia were used to measure and compare the values of cholesterol, phospholipids, and triglycerides between cholesterol-fed rats and rats whose diets were….

Oyster Mushroom · 2026 · Research Article · Nutrition & metabolism

Effects of regular consumption of a β-glucan-rich oyster mushroom powder on cholesterol metabolism in adults with moderately elevated LDL-cholesterol concentrations: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus, PO) are rich in β-glucans and other ingredients with cholesterol-lowering potential. While human intervention studies suggest that PO intake may reduce total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides, current evidence remains….

Immune supportMetabolic healthGut & microbiome

Enoki · 2025 · Published Erratum · Food chemistry

Corrigendum to "Effect of Flammulina velutipes polysaccharides on the quality and digestibility of fresh wet rice noodles: A study perspective from physicochemical and postprandial glucose homeostasis in vivo" [Food Chem. 484 (2025) 144335].

Metadata-grounded summary: This published erratum indexes research on Flammulina velutipes in Food chemistry in 2025. MycoData maps the paper to immune support, metabolic health, gut & microbiome based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Immune supportMetabolic healthGut & microbiome

Shiitake · 2025 · Journal Article · Food Research International

Shiitake polysaccharides acted as a non-competitive inhibitor to α- glucosidase and inhibited glucose transport of digested starch from Caco- 2 cells monolayer

The inhibition mechanism of shitake mushroom polysaccharides (Lentinula edodes polysaccharides, LEP) against α-glucosidase was studied by enzyme kinetic assay, fluorescence quenching and molecular docking..

Reishi · 2024 · Published Erratum · Frontiers in pharmacology

Erratum: Triterpenoids from Ganoderma lucidum inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes interfering with the metabolic process of specific clinical drugs.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1485209.]..

OncologyImmune supportEnergy & fatigueMetabolic health

Reishi · 2023 · Journal Article · International journal of biological macromolecules

A Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide F31 alleviates hyperglycemia through kidney protection and adipocyte apoptosis.

In this paper, we reported an excellent hypoglycemic effect of a Ganoderma lucidium polysaccharide F31 with efficacies between 45 and 54 %, approaching to that of liraglutide (52 %). Significantly, F31 reduced the body weight gains and food intakes..

Reishi · 2023 · Journal Article · Lipids in health and disease

Balancing adipocyte production and lipid metabolism to treat obesity-induced diabetes with a novel proteoglycan from Ganoderma lucidum.

Obesity is often accompanied by metabolic disorder and insulin resistance, resulting in type 2 diabetes. Based on previous findings, FYGL, a natural hyperbranched proteoglycan extracted from the G.

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

Reishi · 2023 · Journal Article · Journal of primary health care

Ganoderma lucidum.

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Journal of primary health care in 2023. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Immune supportMetabolic healthRespiratory

Cordyceps · 2023 · Preprint · journal metadata

Mechanism of alleviating acute lung injury in mice from serum metabolomics analysis of Cordyceps fumosorosea

Abstract Introduction Mechanism of alleviating acute lung injury in mice from serum metabolomics analysis of Cordyceps fumosorose a Aims This study investigated the potential anti-inflammatory effects of Cordyceps fumosorosea mycelia on lung health, with a focus on acute lung injury in mice..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthGut & microbiome

Maitake · 2023 · Journal Article · International journal of biological macromolecules

Preparation and structural characterization of acid-extracted polysaccharide from Grifola frondosa and antitumor activity on S180 tumor-bearing mice.

In this study, an acid-extracted polysaccharide (GFP-A) was extracted from the fruiting bodies of G. frondosa with 1 % hydrochloric acid solution.

Reishi · 2023 · Research Article · Metabolites

Study of the Metabolite Changes in Ganoderma lucidum under Pineapple Leaf Residue Stress via LC-MS/MS Coupled with a Non-Targeted Metabolomics Approach.

The effects of fermentation metabolites of G. lucidum under different pineapple leaf residue additions were separated and identified using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)..

Immune supportMetabolic health

Reishi · 2023 · Research Article · Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)

Study on the Structure and Bioactivity of Ganoderma lucidum Polysaccharides under Cassava Stalk Stress.

Various carbon sources affect the growth of the G. lucidum fruiting body, and the cassava stalk is considered a promising carbon source for G.

Almond Mushroom · 2023 · Preprint · journal metadata

The role of LRP5-LRP6 gene-gene and gene-environment interactions on the risk of ABM in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background: A previous work has discovered that LRP5 and LRP6 locus are linked to the risk of ABM in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to investigate the role of LRP5-LRP6 SNP and gene-gene and gene-environment interactions in the development of ABM in postmenopausal women….

Shiitake · 2023 · Research Article · Food chemistry. Molecular sciences

Transcriptome analysis provides insight into gamma irradiation delaying quality deterioration of postharvest Lentinula edodes during cold storage.

To better determine how gamma irradiation (GI) improves abiotic stress resistance, a transcriptome analysis of postharvest L. edodes in response to 1.0 kGy GI was conducted, and further the underlying mechanism of GI in delaying quality deterioration over 20 d of cold storage was explored..

Oyster Mushroom · 2022 · Journal Article · Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Meeting of the Mycological Society of Japan

Functional analysis of the vegetative mycelium hydrophobin Vmh3 in the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Meeting of the Mycological Society of Japan in 2022. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthLiver support

Reishi · 2022 · Journal Article · Mushroom Science and Biotechnology

Identification, characterization and expression of a glutamic protease gene from Ganoderma lucidum

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Ganoderma lucidum in Mushroom Science and Biotechnology in 2022. MycoData maps the paper to oncology, immune support, metabolic health, liver support based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

Oyster Mushroom · 2022 · Journal Article · Mushroom Science and Biotechnology

Improvement of the specimen fixation method before t-butyl alcohol freeze-drying for SEM observation of the hymenium of Pleurotus ostreatus

Metadata-grounded summary: This journal article indexes research on Pleurotus ostreatus in Mushroom Science and Biotechnology in 2022. MycoData maps the paper to metabolic health based on its title, species context, article metadata, and study classification..

OncologyImmune supportMetabolic healthGut & microbiome

Wood Ear · 2022 · Journal Article · Trends in food science & technology

Insights into health-promoting effects of Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Jew's ear is an important cultivated edible mushroom. It contains high levels of melanin, carbohydrates, fiber, protein, amino acids, ergosterol, and ascorbic acids, and a very lower level of fat.