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Table 4.6
Mushrooms, Immunity, and Cancer
Mushroom
Compound
Compound Type
Immune Effects
All medicinal mushrooms listed below
Beta-glucans
Triterpenes
Adaptogenic, antitumor, immunostimulant
Reishi
Ganodermic acid
Triterpenes
Ganoderma polysaccharide (GPS)
Antitumor, immunostimulant
Shiitake
Lentinan; viruslike double pachymaran
Polysaccharide
Stranded DNA
Stimulates T-helper cells, interferon, natural killer-cells, macrophages
Maitake
Beta-glucans
Polysaccharide
Antitumor, immunostimulant
Cloud fungus
(Coriolus versicolor)
PSK
Polysaccharide
Immune enhancer, antioxidant, antiviral
Poria cocos
Pachymanese
Polysaccharide
Tumor inhibitor, antimutagenic

 
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