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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
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 *
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
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Propecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Sedative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tranquilizer 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.