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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
EMITANIN-B 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERITADENINE 0 Fruit 500.0 930.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-GLUTAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-NICOTIANINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-TRANSFERASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPENTENYL-ADENINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPENTENYL-ADENOSINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTHIONINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-ANTIBIOTIC-KS-2-A 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-EDODES-ALPHA-GLUCAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-EDODES-ANTITUMOR-SUBSTANCE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-EDODES-BAGASSE-POLYSACCHARIDE-ANTIBIOTIC-C-1-2 0 Mycelium not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LENTINUS-EDODES-BETA-GLUCAN 0 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
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimigraine 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antinephritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antioxidant 6 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antirheumatic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.