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
GANODERIC-ACID-M-F	Mycelium	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-MG	Mycelium	not available	29.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-MH	Mycelium	not available	6.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-MI	Mycelium	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-MJ	Mycelium	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-MK	Mycelium	not available	81.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-N	Fruit	not available	3.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-O	Fruit	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-O	Mycelium	not available	71.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-P	Mycelium	not available	1.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-Q	Mycelium	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-R	Mycelium	4.2	92.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-R	Pileus	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-S	Mycelium	6.3	161.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-S	Pileus	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-S-1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-T	Mycelium	33.0	526.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-T	Pileus	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-U	Mycelium	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GANODERIC-ACID-V	Mycelium	not available	not available	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 *