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Potential Medicinal Fungi from the Woodlands of North West Wales (Paperback)
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Potential Medicinal Fungi from the Woodlands of North West Wales (Paperback)
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Medicinal fungi have a long history, especially in the East. Four
species in particular (Ganoderma lucidum, Polyporus umbellatus,
Wolfiporia cocos and the insect pathogen Cordyceps sinensis) are
still considered to belong to the highest class of medicines,
promoting all-round good health. In terms of Western medicine,
penicillin obtained from a fungus in 1928 has been one of the most
influential botanical of this century, used to produce life- saving
anti-biotics. Polypore mushrooms have been used medicinally by
native people for millennia. Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is the most
studied of all the polypores, the medicinal claims for this fungus
are so extensive that it has been dubbed the 'panacea polypore'.
Recent research indicates that certain polypores contain a number
of properties that inhibit tumor growth and stimulate immune
function. This review compiles the most recent research into the
bio active properties of certain polypore fungi, many of which are
found in the woodlands of North West Wales. Implications are
discussed in terms of a market for medicinal mushrooms in Wales and
woodland and fungi conservation issues.
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