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REISHI MUSHROOM Bioactive ingredients
Common name: Reishi, Ling-zhi
Scientific name: Ganoderma lucidum
Product type: functional fungal ingredient
Part used: mycelium
Description:
One of the most popular and studied medicinal mushrooms, with recorded
use in traditional Asian medicine dating back more than 2000 years. The
benefits of its consumption have been associated with the biological activity
of several compounds, including terpenoids, polysaccharides, proteoglycans,
ergosterols and nucleosides.
Main properties:
Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) is noted for its therapeutic properties, including
immunomodulatory, antitumor, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiallergic and
cardiovascular effects. Clinical studies have shown that consumption of this
mushroom increases the concentration of immune system cells in the blood,
improving the adaptive immune response.
Sectors and some applications:
In food: In cosmetics:
dietary supplements, anti-aging and
beverages and skin conditioning
functional food products.
products.
Portfolio BIO IN Main production regions:
Andean.
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