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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
GANODERIC-ACID-D 0 Gills not available 12.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-E 0 Fruit 27.5 161.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-E 0 Gills not available 18.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-F 0 Fruit 60.1 165.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-F 0 Gills not available 21.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-G 0 Fruit not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-G 0 Gills not available 14.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-H 0 Fruit not available 1.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-H 0 Gills 46.9 47.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-H 0 Pileus not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-I 0 Gills not available 3.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-J 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-K 0 Fruit not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-K 0 Gills not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-M 0 Fruit not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-M-A 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-M-B 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-M-C 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-M-D 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-M-E 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *