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

 Lentinus edodes (-)

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Common name(s)
Shiitake
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1-(METHYL-THIO)-DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-2-3-5-6-8-HEXATHIONANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-2-3-5-TETRATHIANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-2-4-5-7-PENTATHIOCANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-2-4-5-TETRATHIANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-2-4-6-TETRATHIEPANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-2-4-7-9-10-HEXATHIADODECANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-2-4-TRITHIOLANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-3-5-TRITHIANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 1-3-DITHIETANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 2-3-5-6-TETRATHIAHEPTANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 5'-CYCLIC-AMP Fruit 400.0 690.0 -- *
3 ALANINE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ALLOISOLEUCINE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 AMINO-ACIDS Fruit -- -- -- *
14 ARGININE Fruit -- -- -- *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 BIS-((METHYL-SULFONYL)-METHYL)-DISULFIDE Fruit -- 53.6 -- *
0 CARBON-DISULFIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
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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.