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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
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 *
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
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Uricosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *