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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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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Hang Wang Zhiming Fu Chunchao Han |
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The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill) |
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The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill) |
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The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill) |
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The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill) |
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The Medicinal Values of Culinary-Medicinal Royal Sun Mushroom (Agaricus blazei Murrill) |
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medicinal values of culinary-medicinal royal sun mushroom (agaricus blazei murrill) |
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Hindawi Limited |
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
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1741-427X 1741-4288 |
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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. |
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