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Plant Lentinus edodes

Common Names
Shiitake
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
ORNITHINE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROPINE 0 Fruit not available 44.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROPINE-LACTAM 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TAURINE 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRATHIANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAZOLIDINE-4-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN 2 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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