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1. Sources and Habitat
Lingzhi (Japanese: reishi; Korean: yeongji, hangul: ) is the name for one form of the mushroom Ganoderma lucidum, and its close relative Ganoderma tsugae, which grows in the northern Eastern Hemlock forests. These two species of bracket fungus have a worldwide distribution in both tropical and temperate geographical regions, including North and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia, growing as a parasite or saprotroph on a wide variety of trees.[1] Ganoderma lucidum enjoys special veneration in Asia, where it has been used as a medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine as a herbal medicine for more than 4,000 years, making it one of the oldest mushrooms known to have been used in medicine.
2. Descriptions and Specifications of Product
Content Specifications: Polysaccarides 10%,25% UV
Molecular Formula: C6H12O6·[C6H10O5]n-1
Molecular Mass: 300+(300-18)*(n-1)/2
Constitutional Formula:
3. Indications and Uses
Reishi may possess some anti-tumor, immunomodulatory and immunotherapeutic activities, supported by some studies on polysaccharides, terpenes, and other bioactive compounds isolated from fruiting bodies and mycelia of this fungus.
A number of laboratory studies have shown anti-neoplastic effect of fungal extracts or isolated compounds against some types of cancer.
The mechanisms by which G. lucidum may affect cancer are unknown and may target different areas of cancer development: inhibition of angiogenesis (formation of arterial vessels within the tumour) mediated by cytokines, cytoxicity, inhibiting migration of the cancer cells and metastasis, and inducing and enhancing apoptosis of tumor cells.
Reishi Mushroom extract