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Plant Lentinus edodes

Common Names
Shiitake
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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CARDIOLIPIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-IX 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-LEN-I 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-LEN-II 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-LEN-III 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-LEN-IV 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-V 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-VI 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-VII 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-VIII 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE-X 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTATHIONINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYERITADENINE 0 Fruit 85.0 136.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROZEATIN 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLTETRASULFIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DITHIOMETHANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMITANIN-1A 0 Tissue Culture 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
Anticataract 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticephalagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholesteremic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antichoreic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticonvulsant 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Anticorneitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidementia 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Ammonia) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antieczemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th