Product Name: Ganoderma extract
Latin Name: Ganoderma Lucidum
Part of the Plant Used: Ganoderma extract
Appearance: Yellow Brown Fine Powder
People in many Asian countries use Ganoderma extract to increase energy, boost the immune system, and improve general health. Ganoderma extract supplements come as capsules, tablets, extracts, powders, and teas.
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What are the potential uses and benefits? Ganoderma extract :
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G. lucidum was recorded in the ancient Chinese herbal encyclopedia, Shen-Nong-Ben-Cao-Jing. The genus Ganoderma was established by the Italian mycologist Carlo Vittadini in 1831 based on his study of various species of fungi, including Ganoderma, and G. lucidum was the first species in the genus to be described . While there are over 250 species of Ganoderma, 6 species are among the most commonly used: G. lucidum, G. applanatum, G. sinense, G. tsugae, G. capense, and G. boinense .
Ganoderma lucidum, also known as reishi mushroom, has many potential health benefits, including:
- Metabolic disorders: Ganoderma extract may help treat diabetes and obesity by improving insuli* sensitivity, lowering blood sugar, and reducing body weight.
- Immune system: Ganoderma extract may boost immunity by increasing the activity of white blood cells.
- Neurological diseases: Ganoderma extract may have neuroprotective effects, including treating epilepsy, ameliorating Alzheimer’s disease, and protecting neural cells in stroke injuries.
- Radioprotection: Ganoderma extract may have radioprotective effects, which could be useful for radiation workers, people handling nuclear emergencies, and people undergoing radiation exposure.
- Cancer: Ganoderma extract may have antitumor properties.
- Inflammation: Ganoderma extract may have anti-inflammatory properties.
Ganoderma extract contains many active chemical components, including triterpenoids, polysaccharides, proteins, amino acids, nucleosides, nucleic acid, steroids, lactones, fatty acids, and organic germanium.
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