Species diversity and utilization of medicinal mushrooms and fungi in China (review)

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-302

  Dai, Yu Cheng ^a   Yang, Zhu Liang ^b   Cui, Bao Kai ^a   Yu, Chang Jun ^c   Zhou, Li Wei ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antibacterial; Antidiabetic; Antitumor activity; China; Cholesterol lowering activity; Detoxication; Hemostasis; Hepatoprotective; Immunomodulating; Medicinal mushrooms and fungi species diversity

Indexed keywords

AGARICALES; AGARICUS BISPORUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APHYLLOPHORALES; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHINA; DETOXIFICATION; FUNGUS; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HEMOSTASIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER PROTECTION; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GANODERMA LUCIDUM;

EID: 70349944374     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v11.i3.80     Document Type: Review

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