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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
LENTINUS-EDODES-GLYCOPROTEIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-EDODES-POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-EDODES-VIRUS-PARTICLE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-EDODES-VIRUS-PARTICLE-F 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-FRUITING-BODY-PROTEIN(FBP) 0 Fruit not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-LIGNIN-EP3 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-POLYSACCHARIDE-E 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHANETHIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLHYDRODISULFIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-N'-BIS-GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-CYSTINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIANINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-2-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 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
Antiepileptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypertensive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilethargic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).