Hericium Erinaceus Straight Powder 80-120mesh

Latin Name                     Hericium Erinaceus

Chinese Name                   Hou Tou Gu

Family                         Hydnaceae

Part of the Plant Used            Fruiting Body

Product Introduction

Hericium erinaceus also named “Monkey Head Mushroom” ,which has long been treasured in Japan and China as an important medicinal mushroom to heal gastric diseases.

Active Ingredients               Polysaccharides / Hericipin

Product Specification

Polysaccharides 20% 25% 30% (UV-VIS)

Monkey Head Mushroom Straight Powder 80-120mesh

Physiological Functions

Help to repair broken gastric mucosa, cure for gastric ulcer, gastritis. Digestive tract tumor, prevent Alzheimer's Disease.According to the chemical analysis, every 100 grams of dried fungus contain 26.3 g protein, 4.2 g fat, 44.9 g carbohydrate, 6.4g thin fibre, 10.2g water, 850mg P, 18mg Fe, 2mg Ca, 0.89mg VB1, 1.89mg VB2, 0.01mg carotene, 16 kinds of amino acids including 7 kinds of essential amino acids. It is good for digest and can be used as invigorant. Hericium erinaceus can nourish organs, and cure chronic gastricism, duodenum ulcer and other enteron diseases. It also can improve people's immune system. It contains unsaturated fatty acids which is propitious to the circulation of blood and can reduce blood cholesterin content, so Hericium erinaceus is also the ideal food for those who have high blood pressure or those who are with heart or blood vessel disease. Because of its great effects, Hericium erinaceus polysaccharide is the major active component in the Hericium erinaceus. Its active portion is the glucan that is composed of the main chain connected with -(13) glucoside and the branch chain connected with -(16) glucoside. It showed a significant inhibitory effect on the mice sarcoma 180 and some other cancer.

Hericipin is another active component of Hericium erinaceus. It induces the synthesis of nerve growth factor (NGF: It could prolong N axon, maintain the survival of N cells, regulate the formation of nerve cell as well as promote the regeneration of nerve cell in feeble animals). Its activity is much more potent than that of adrenaline. The major components are the Hericipin A, B, C, E, F. Their chemical compositions are diterpenoid compounds. Hericipin is used in curing of intelligence declining, neurasthena and the declining of autonomic nerve, especially showing the good effectiveness to the Alzheimer type dementia. Besides, the monkeyhead mushroon polysaccharide showed the function of enriching the blood, strengthening the health. The effecting rate of healing on stomach and duodenum ulcer was 93%.

Applications

 Pharmaceutical stuff

 Functional food and food additive