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Common Names
Reishi; Ling Zhi
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANODERIOL-H | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERIOL-H | 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. |
| GANODERIOL-I | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERIOL-I | 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. |
| GANODERMA-ACIDIC-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-ANTIBIOTIC | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-ANTIBIOTIC | 0 | Mycelium | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-ANTIBIOTIC-GL-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-ANTIBIOTIC-GL-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-ANTIBIOTIC-GL-3 | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-COMPOUND-C-6 | 0 | Gills | not available | 1.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-HETEROGLYCAN | 0 | Fruit | not available | 551.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-POLYSACCHARIDE-FRACTION-A-H | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-TRITERPENE-17-A | 0 | Gills | not available | 1.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-TRITERPENE-18-A | 0 | Gills | not available | 1.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-TRITERPENE-5-A | 0 | Gills | not available | 3.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-LUCIDUM-TRITERPENE-6-A | 0 | Gills | not available | 0.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-POLYSACCHARIDE-BN-3-A-C | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMA-PROTEIN-LING-ZHI-8 | 0 | Mycelium | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GANODERMADIOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 4.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insectifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insulinic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill. |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 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. |
| Lipotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |