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Plant Ganoderma lucidum

Common Names
Reishi; Ling Zhi
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-EPI-5'-DEOXY-5'-METHYL-SULFINYLADENOSINE 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-CHOLESTAN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTA-7-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTA-7-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-5-ALPHA-6-ALPHA-TRIOL-ERGOSTA-7-22-DIENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5'-DEOXY-5'-METHYL-SULFINYLADENOSINE 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-8-ALPHA-EPIDIOXY-24-EPSILON-METHYL-CHOLESTA-6-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-8-ALPHA-EPIDIOXY-ERGOSTA-6-9(11)-22-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPI-GANODERIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 3.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-O-METHYL-GANODERIC-ACID-O 0 Mycelium not available 5.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE 28 Fruit not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYLASE 1 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETAINE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CELLULASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 2 Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *