The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)

Agaricus blazei Murrill (ABM), a mushroom native to Brazil, is a basidiomycete brown fungus, which is popularly known as “Cogumelo do Sol” in Brazil or “Himematsutake” in Japan, and there has been a prominent increase in the use of ABM for therapeutic and medicinal purposes. ABM is useful against a...

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Main Authors: Hang Wang, Zhiming Fu, Chunchao Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/842619
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spelling doaj-657006009cd445e3b22fc8bd10d9bac62020-11-25T00:33:05ZengHindawi LimitedEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine1741-427X1741-42882013-01-01201310.1155/2013/842619842619The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)Hang Wang0Zhiming Fu1Chunchao Han2School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, ChinaSchool of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, ChinaSchool of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, ChinaAgaricus blazei Murrill (ABM), a mushroom native to Brazil, is a basidiomycete brown fungus, which is popularly known as “Cogumelo do Sol” in Brazil or “Himematsutake” in Japan, and there has been a prominent increase in the use of ABM for therapeutic and medicinal purposes. ABM is useful against a variety of diseases like cancer, tumor, chronic hepatitis, diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, and so on. In this review, we demonstrated various pharmacological effects of ABM, so that we can use different effects of ABM against different diseases and provide reference for the study of ABM in the future.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/842619
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author Hang Wang
Zhiming Fu
Chunchao Han
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Zhiming Fu
Chunchao Han
The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Zhiming Fu
Chunchao Han
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title The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)
title_short The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)
title_full The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)
title_fullStr The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)
title_full_unstemmed The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill)
title_sort medicinal values of culinary-medicinal royal sun mushroom (agaricus blazei murrill)
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
issn 1741-427X
1741-4288
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Agaricus blazei Murrill (ABM), a mushroom native to Brazil, is a basidiomycete brown fungus, which is popularly known as “Cogumelo do Sol” in Brazil or “Himematsutake” in Japan, and there has been a prominent increase in the use of ABM for therapeutic and medicinal purposes. ABM is useful against a variety of diseases like cancer, tumor, chronic hepatitis, diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, and so on. In this review, we demonstrated various pharmacological effects of ABM, so that we can use different effects of ABM against different diseases and provide reference for the study of ABM in the future.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/842619
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