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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Ganoderma lucidum (-)

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Common name(s)
Ling Zhi, Reishi
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1-EPI-5'-DEOXY-5'-METHYL-SULFINYLADENOSINE Fruit -- 0.1 -- *
0 24-ETHYL-CHOLESTAN-3-BETA-OL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 24-METHYL-CHOLESTA-7-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 24-METHYL-CHOLESTA-7-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 3-BETA-5-ALPHA-6-ALPHA-TRIOL-ERGOSTA-7-22-DIENE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 5'-DEOXY-5'-METHYL-SULFINYLADENOSINE Fruit -- 0.2 -- *
0 5-ALPHA-8-ALPHA-EPIDIOXY-24-EPSILON-METHYL-CHOLESTA-6-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 5-ALPHA-8-ALPHA-EPIDIOXY-ERGOSTA-6-9(11)-22-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 7-EPI-GANODERIC-ACID Fruit -- 3.4 -- *
0 7-O-METHYL-GANODERIC-ACID-O Mycelium -- 5.2 -- *
28 ADENOSINE Fruit -- 1.5 -- *
1 AMYLASE Plant -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1 BEHENIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1 BEHENIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Plant -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Fruit -- -- -- *
14 BETAINE Plant -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
14 BETAINE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 CELLULASE Plant -- -- -- 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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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.