Maitake mushroom, also known as Grifola frondosa, is a fungus for both food and medicine. It is often wild around chestnut trees in summer and autumn. The fruit body is fleshy, with short stalks and coral-like branches, overlapping into clumps. Its appearance is graceful and multi-layered like a chrysanthemum; its smell and fragrance are overflowing and refreshing; its flesh is crispy and refreshing, and it is not tiresome to eat. Grifola frondosa is rich in protein, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, a variety of trace elements and biotin, which is very beneficial to human health. It has the effects of preventing cancer, anti-cancer and improving human immune function, and is against liver cirrhosis, diabetes, and edema. , Beriberi, poor urination and other diseases have significant effects, regular eating can replenish the body, improve life and prolong life. It is a very valuable medicinal fungus with good health care effects and high medicinal value. In recent years, as a health food, it has become popular in markets such as Japan and Singapore.
Food Nutrition Facts
Food Name …………………………….. Maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa)
Content reference………………………….. Approximately the content per 100 grams of food
Energy ……………………………………………31 kilocalorie
Protein …………………………………………..1.9 g
Fat…………………………………………………0.2 g
Monounsaturated fatty acid……………..0.1 g
Carbohydrate………………………………….7 g
Sugar ……………………………………………2.1 g
Dietary fiber…………………………………. 2.7 g
Folic acid……………………………………… 21 μg
Sodium …………………………………………1 mg
Magnesium……………………………………10 mg
Phosphorus…………………………………… 74 mg
Potassium ……………………………………..204 mg
Calcium ………………………………………..1 mg
Iron ………………………………………………0.3 mg
Zinc ………………………………………………0.75 mg
Vitamin B1 (thiamine) …………………….0.15 mg
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) ……………………0.24 mg
Niacin (niacinamide) ……………………….6.59 mg
Vitamin B6 ……………………………………..0.06 mg
Vitamin D ……………………………………….28.1 μg
Vitamin E ……………………………………….0.01 mg
Maitake mushroom extract
Maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) extract uses high-quality Maitake mushroom as raw material, and is produced through technological fermentation. The polysaccharide component of Maitake mushroom extract can improve immunity, and it is the representative of a new generation of tumor immunotherapy for the prevention and treatment of cancer. Maitake polysaccharide is an effective active ingredient extracted from high-quality Maitake mushroom fruiting bodies. It has a fragrant smell and significant efficacy. It can be used as an additive material for various health products and foods.
- Active ingredients
The main active ingredient of Maitake mushroom extract is Maitake proteoglycan. The polysaccharide component is mainly glucan, and it is basically β-(1→3) glucan with β-(1→6) branches. Structure, containing a small amount of xylose and mannose.
Grifola frondosa extract has anti-cancer and immune-enhancing effects, as well as anti-hypertension, lowering blood sugar and blood lipids, and anti-hepatitis viruses.
Grifola frondosa has the following health care functions:
a. Because it is rich in iron, copper and vitamin C, it can prevent anemia, scurvy, vitiligo, and prevent the occurrence of arteriosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis;
b. Its high selenium and chromium content can protect the liver and pancreas, prevent liver cirrhosis and diabetes; its high selenium content also has the function of preventing Keshan disease, Kashin-Beck disease and certain heart diseases;
c. It contains both calcium and vitamin D. The combination of the two can effectively prevent and treat rickets;
d. Higher zinc content is beneficial for brain development, maintains sharp vision, and promotes wound healing;
e. The combination of high-content vitamin E and selenium makes it anti-aging, enhance memory and sensitivity. At the same time it is an excellent immunomodulator.
f. As a traditional Chinese medicine, Maitake mushroomis equivalent to Polyporus umbellatus. It can cure dysuria, edema, athlete’s foot, cirrhosis, ascites and diabetes. It is a very valuable medicinal fungus.
g. It also has the effect of inhibiting hypertension and obesity.
h. The higher selenium content of Maitake mushroomcan prevent cancer.
- The Benefitsof Maitake polysaccharide
Research results show that Maitake polysaccharide exerts its anti-tumor effect mainly by enhancing cellular immune function. At the gene level, this product has a strong anti-chemical mutagenic effect and can be used for chronic hepatitis B and malignant tumors after radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Comprehensive treatment of fatigue, leukopenia, and reduced immune function, and has a certain effect on the prevention of AIDS. Clinically, Maitake polysaccharide is effective in oral administration, safe and non-toxic.
Maitake polysaccharide has anti-tumor, anti-hypertension, lowering blood sugar, anti-obesity and anti-hepatitis effects. According to on-the-spot experiments in some cancer hospitals in the United States, while chemotherapy is used to treat cancer, the use of Maitake polysaccharide to inhibit cancer cells is more effective than chemotherapy alone. Japanese medical experts used Maitake polysaccharides to conduct anti-tumor in vivo tests. The results showed that the inhibition rate of Maitake polysaccharides can reach 86.5%, which is 32% higher than the internationally certified anti-cancer drug lentinan.
As early as 1992, the National Cancer Institute confirmed that the extract of Maitake mushroom has the effect of resisting HIV. Dr. Hiraki Nanba of Japan, in addition to discovering that Maitake mushroom has anti-HIV effects in experiments, she also found that Maitake mushroom is also effective for breast cancer, lung cancer, and liver cancer; it can also improve various adverse reactions caused by tumor chemotherapy, such as Lack of appetite, vomiting, nausea, hair loss and leukopenia, etc.; it can also relieve pain. In addition, studies have confirmed that Maitake mushroom has the following effects at the same time: (1) Reduce insulin resistance, enhance the body’s sensitivity to insulin, and help control blood sugar; (2) Inhibit the accumulation of fat cells; (3) Lower blood pressure; (4) Enhance immunity.
Maitake mushroom strengthens the immune system, helps prevent and resist the antibacterial properties of colds and flus, maintains the anti-toxicity of liver and kidney function, helps the healing of diseases, helps the body to cope with environmental stress, regulates the body, and regulates immunity. And killing cells is famous for its ability to enhance conventional anti-cancer efficacy, fight against neutropenia and improve survival rate.
a. Strengthen the immune system
Although the actual mechanism by which polysaccharides activate the immune system is still controversial, it has been confirmed that different polysaccharides can stimulate T-cell function, natural killer (NK) cell and macrophage activity. T-cells are a type of white blood cell, which can “phagocytose” pathogens such as yeast cells, bacteria, cells infected by viruses, and so on. Macrophages are concentrated in the mucosal layer of the body-especially in the digestive system, urinary system, and respiratory system. Polysaccharides also play a supporting and strengthening role in the reticuloendothelial system, which is the tissue where immune cells (including macrophages) penetrate deep into the spleen, liver and lymphatic tissues and engulf waste and toxic chemicals.
b. Anti-cancer
Maitake polysaccharides can activate immune responses such as macrophages, natural killer cells, T-lymphocytes, as well as lymphokines and interleukins. These properties make it useful for the treatment of cancer. Studies have shown that it can reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, and animal experiments have also shown that Maitake mushroom can shrink tumors. In a study, compared with other natural substances previously tested. Maitake mushroom has been proven to be the most effective inducer of cancer cell apoptosis (cell death).
c. Lower blood pressure, cholesterol and arteriosclerosis
The active ingredients in Maitake polysaccharides such as Beta (1-3) D-glucan and Beta (1-6) D-glucan protein compounds have a positive effect on reducing blood glucose (sugar). The unsaturated fatty acids contained in Maitake mushroom extract, such as glycerol trilinoleate, also have the effect of lowering blood sugar, cholesterol and arteriosclerosis.
3.Maitake mushroom extract dosageand safety
Maitake mushroom can be taken as food or tea, and can also be made into capsules or tablets containing Maitake polysaccharide. It is recommended to take 3-7 grams of Maitake mushroom raw medicinal materials, which is equivalent to 300-700 mg of standard polysaccharides.
Even at high doses, Maitake did not show any toxicity. However, although it is extremely rare, the whole consumption of Maitake may cause slight stomach upset or intestinal disturbances. There is no news of the interaction between Maitake and any drugs.
Maitake mushroom extract has no side effects, and eating more is good for the body. There is also no special edible contraindications. Please feel free to eat.
4. Modern research on Maitake mushroom
During the research process, Professor Hiraki Namba of Japan discovered that Maitake mushroom D component has strong anti-cancer, anti-metastasis, and anti-relapse effects, with an effective rate of over 90%. It is comparable to other top ten medicinal fungal drugs. The results of the effect comparison test are even more shocking, because its anti-cancer effect is 16.5 times that of Ganoderma lucidum.
The comparison test with the conventional chemotherapy drug mitomycin has attracted more attention from the world. The results show that the tumor inhibition rates of Maitake mushroom and mitomycin alone are 80% and 45%, respectively, the former is much higher than the latter.
And the tumor inhibition rate of the two combined drugs can reach 98%. This experiment proves that Maitake mushroom D component can not only kill cancer cells directly, but also activate the body’s immune system, and can eliminate the appearance of chemotherapy when used in combination. It is currently the safest and most effective oral fungal anticancer drug.
Maitake mushroom’s powerful anti-tumor effect has made it used as a clinical first-line drug for tumor biochemotherapy in the United States, Japan, Canada and other countries. In order to speed up the entry of Maitake mushroom-related drugs into cancer clinics, the US FDA even broke the convention and avoided Phase 1 clinical trials and directly entered Phase 2. American scientists have great confidence and expectations in using Maitake mushroom to defeat cancer, and Americans are also therefore in a position to do so. Said Maitake mushroom “an incredible miraculous anti-cancer drug.”
5.Maitake mushroom extract for cancer
Animal experiments and clinical experiments have shown that maitake mushroom extract d fraction exerts anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects through the following aspects:
a. Activate immune cells such as phagocytes, natural killer cells, nociceptive T cells, and induce the secretion of cytokines such as leukocytes, interferon-γ, and tumor necrosis factor-α.
b.Induce cancer cell apoptosis.
c. Combined with traditional chemotherapy drugs (mitomycin, camostine, etc.), it not only increases the efficacy of the drug, but also reduces the toxic and side effects during chemotherapy.
d. It has a synergistic effect with immunotherapy drugs (interferon-α2b).
e. Relieve the pain of patients with advanced cancer, increase appetite, and improve the quality of life of patients.
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