Compounds of Interest

Mushrooms contain a variety of different medicinal compounds and each mushroom has their own unique functional properties – their compounds of interest.

CHAGA

(Inonotus obliquus)

  • Primary polysaccharides:
    β-(1,3)-(1,6)-D-glucans
  • Primary triterpenoids:
    Betulinic acid
    Inotodiol

LION'S MANE

(Hericium erinaceus)

  • Primary polysaccharides:
    β-(1,3)-(1,6)-D-glucans
  • Ergosterol
  • Primary diterpenoids:
    Hericenones
    Hericerins
    Hericenes

REISHI

(Ganoderma lucidum)

  • Primary polysaccharides:
    β-(1,3)-(1,6)-D-glucans
  • Primary triterpenoids:
    Ganoderic acids
    Lucidones
    Lucidenic acids

SHIITAKE

(Lentinula edodes)

  • Primary polysaccharides:
    (1-3)(1-6)Beta-d-Glucans