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| responsible was found to be eritadenine, an alkaloid with very low toxicity; which was shown capable of lowering not only serum cholesterol but also phospholipids and triglycerides. In addition, another component, called lentinan, which is a beta (1-3) glucan polysaccharide, demonstrated the ability to stimulate helper T-cells and reduce the synthesis of immune-suppressive prostaglandins. Perhaps the most significant finding, however, was the discovery of KS-2, a peptide component, which has been shown to induce interferon production after oral administration, to provide significant protective activity against influenza A2 virus, both prophylactically and chemotherapeutically, and to have an extremely low toxicity level. |
| Lentinan seems to reverse the depressed enzyme activity associated with cancer, and its antitumor activity is part of the thymus-derived immune mechanism, as shown in tests using laboratory mice. Lentinan inhibits metastasis, prevents chemical and viral oncogenesis, and has minimal side effects. Lentinan has also been shown to inhibit the growth of sarcoma 180 in mice. In addition, follow-up studies on patients with advanced and recurrent stomach and colon/rectal cancers have shown excellent results in using lentinan as part of a combination therapy. KS-2 is not available as a supplement at this time, so I suggest eating shiitake mushrooms frequently either in soups or in any cooked vegetable dish. They're delicious! 118,119 |
| Cloud Fungus (Coriolus versicolor) |
| A polysaccharide preparation from Coriolus versicolor, also called PSK, has made this mushroom the focus of much cancer therapy research in Asia and Europe. It is the subject of over two hundred cancer-related articles indexed on Medline, including sixty clinical studies, several of which were multiyear, randomized, double-blind trials involving hundreds of patients. It has been shown to have great promise for other diseases, including herpes, hepatitis, systemic lupus, AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, and many other viral, fungal, and bacterial conditions. |
| Over four hundred clinical studies published in Japan since the 1970s have shown that a purified extract from Coriolus versicolor has strong benefits to the immune system when given alone or with conventional chemotherapy or radiation treatments for cancer. This mushroom extract was selected as the best |
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