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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
GANODERAN-C	Fruit	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERENIC-ACID-A	Fruit	not available	145.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERENIC-ACID-B	Fruit	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERENIC-ACID-C	Fruit	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERENIC-ACID-D	Fruit	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERENIC-ACID-E	Fruit	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-A	Fruit	389.5	2630.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-A	Gills	not available	170.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-A	Pileus	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-A-METHYL-ESTER	Fruit	not available	578.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-B	Fruit	5.2	132.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-B	Gills	not available	48.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-B	Pileus	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-B-METHYL-ESTER	Fruit	not available	86.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-C	Fruit	11.0	750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-C-1	Gills	not available	65.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-C-2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-C-2	Gills	not available	61.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-D	Fruit	15.3	265.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Respirastimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Secretomotor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *