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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
Emetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Emmenagogue 1 Wealth of India.
Estrogenic 1 *
Ethanolytic 1 *
Expectorant 1 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatugenic 1 Martindale's 29th
FLavor 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 1 *
Glucogonogenic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 4 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic 5 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypoglycemic 2 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 2 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.