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Table 4.6
Mushrooms, Immunity, and Cancer |
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All medicinal mushrooms listed below |
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Adaptogenic, antitumor, immunostimulant |
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Triterpenes
Ganoderma polysaccharide (GPS) |
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Antitumor, immunostimulant |
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Lentinan; viruslike double pachymaran |
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Polysaccharide
Stranded DNA |
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Stimulates T-helper cells, interferon, natural killer-cells, macrophages |
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Antitumor, immunostimulant |
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Cloud fungus
(Coriolus versicolor) |
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Immune enhancer, antioxidant, antiviral |
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Tumor inhibitor, antimutagenic |
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