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Plant Lentinus edodes

Common Names
Shiitake
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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).