Plant Ganoderma lucidum | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Reishi; Ling Zhi

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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 *