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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiviral 2 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Anxiolytic 1 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 *
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardioprotective 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Choleretic 1 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Cosmetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Diuretic 3 Merck 11th Edition