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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ganoderma lucidum

Common Names
Reishi; Ling Zhi
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 0.1 *
24-ETHYL-CHOLESTAN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTA-7-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTA-7-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant 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 *
3-BETA-5-ALPHA-6-ALPHA-TRIOL-ERGOSTA-7-22-DIENE 0 Fruit *
5'-DEOXY-5'-METHYL-SULFINYLADENOSINE 0 Fruit 0.2 *
5-ALPHA-8-ALPHA-EPIDIOXY-24-EPSILON-METHYL-CHOLESTA-6-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit *
5-ALPHA-8-ALPHA-EPIDIOXY-ERGOSTA-6-9(11)-22-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit *
7-EPI-GANODERIC-ACID 0 Fruit 3.4 *
7-O-METHYL-GANODERIC-ACID-O 0 Mycelium 5.2 *
ADENOSINE 28 Fruit 1.5 *
AMYLASE 1 Plant 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 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant 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 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETAINE 14 Fruit *
BETAINE 14 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CELLULASE 0 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Allergenic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 3 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) *