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Medicinal mushroom science: current perspectives, advances, evidences, and challenges
Wasser SP
Biomedical Journal · 2014
Abstract excerpt
Broad review of the medicinal mushroom literature covering Ganoderma, Hericium, Lentinula, Trametes, Inonotus, Cordyceps, Grifola, and Pleurotus. Emphasizes the variability in commercial-product quality due to inconsistent fruit-body-vs-mycelium labeling and grain-substrate dilution. Reviews the published evidence for clinical applications, with strongest support for adjuvant cancer use of Lentinula lentinan and Trametes PSP/PSK fractions in Asian oncology practice.
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Wasser is one of the senior figures in modern medicinal-mushroom science. The review is approachable and does not overstate the clinical evidence — useful for an honest read on the state of the field.
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