Shiitake
Shiitake is the world's second most-cultivated mushroom after the button mushroom and a revered medicinal mushroom of Asian tradition. It pairs flavour with a rich beta-glucan content.
Lentinula edodes
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What shiitake is
Lentinula edodes grows on hardwood, mainly oak. It is fully edible; for supplements the fruiting body is extracted.
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Traditional use
In China and Japan shiitake was for centuries the mushroom of long life and part of nourishing cuisine and tonic decoctions.
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What science studies
Its best-known studied compound is lentinan – a specific beta-glucan. It is a food ingredient, not a medicine.
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Key compounds
Lentinan (a 1,3/1,6 beta-glucan) and a natural content of B-group vitamins.
Where science sees potential
- immune-response support (lentinan)
- cholesterol metabolism
What studies have shown
Chihara G. et al., 1970, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokio (Japonsko)
isolation of lentinan (a beta-glucan) and its effect on the immune response
Chihara G., 1992, Dev. Biol. Stand. (Japonsko)
lentinan as an immunomodulator – Japanese research
This concerns research on the mushroom and its compounds, not a claim that a food supplement treats disease. Many findings come from laboratory or smaller studies.
FAQ
- What is lentinan?
- Lentinan is a beta-glucan from shiitake, one of the most-studied mushroom polysaccharides.
- Where is shiitake in Tradicína?
- It is part of Elix and Ježíšův klid.