Studies + Research + References
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM + HEART HEALTH
Cardiovascular Disease
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Klupp NL, Chang D, Hawke F, et al. Ganoderma lucidum mushroom for the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;2015(2):CD007259. Published 2015 Feb 17. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007259.pub2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6486141/
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Noorlidah Abdullah, Norhaniza Aminudin. (2018). Evaluation of the Antioxidative and Hypo-cholesterolemic Effects of Lingzhi or Reishi Medicinal Mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (Agaricomycetes), in Ameliorating Cardiovascular Disease. National Library of Medicine. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30806268/
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Meng, J., & Yang, B. (2019, November 28). Protective Effect of Ganoderma (Lingzhi) on Cardiovascular System. SpringerLink. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-32-9421-9_7?error=cookies_not_supported&code=85fe3725-afe8-47e5-a81c-bb2f51741178
Blood Pressure & Cholesterol
- CHOLESTEROL: Fukushima, M., Ohashi, T., Fujiwara, Y., Sonoyama, K., & Nakano, M. (2001). Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of Maitake (Grifola frondosa) Fiber, Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) Fiber, and Enokitake (Flammulina velutipes) Fiber in Rats. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 226(8), 758–765. https://doi.org/10.1177/153537020222600808
- CHOLESTEROL: Mohammad Azizur Rahman, M. A., Noorlidah Abdullah, & Norhaniza Aminudin. (2014, May 13). Inhibitory Effect on In Vitro LDL Oxidation and HMG Co-A Reductase Activity of the Liquid-Liquid Partitioned Fractions of Hericium erinaceus (Bull.) Persoon (Lion’s Mane Mushroom). Hindawi. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/828149/
- CHOLESTEROL: Peter C.K. Cheung Ph.D. (1996, October). The hypocholesterolemic effect of two edible mushrooms: Auricularia auricula (tree-ear) and Tremella fuciformis (white jelly-leaf) in hypercholesterolemic rats. ScienceDirect. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0271531796001911
Obesity & Weight Management
- ANTI-OBESITY: Ganesan, K., & Xu, B. (2018). Anti-Obesity Effects of Medicinal and Edible Mushrooms. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 23(11), 2880. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23112880
- ANTI-OBESITY: Xiaojun Li, Peng Chen, Peng Zhang, Yifan Chang, Mingxu Cui, Jinyou Duan. (2019, January 22). Protein-Bound β-glucan from Coriolus Versicolor has Potential for Use Against Obesity. Wiley Online Library. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mnfr.201801231
- WEIGHT LOSS: An, Y., et al., Cordycepin reduces weight through regulating gut microbiota in high-fat diet-induced obese rats. Lipids Health Dis, 2018. 17(1): p. 276.