Hericium erinaceus, an amazing medicinal mushroom

Mycological Progress

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Thongbai, Benjarong ^a,c   Rapior, Sylvie ^b   Hyde, Kevin D ^a   Wittstein, Kathrin ^c   Stadler, Marc ^c  

^a MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erinacines; Hericenones; Hericium erinaceus; Medicinal mushroom; Nerve growth factor (NGF); glucans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941958103     PISSN: 1617416X     EISSN: 18618952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-015-1105-4     Document Type: Review

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