Although it is common practice to apply the originally European name ‘Ganoderma lucidum’ to all commerical reishi products. Taxonomists have made a case that there is a difference between East Asian strains G. lingzhi and the European G. lucidum strains. G. lucidum contains less triterpenic acids than G. lingzhi.
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Hsue-Yin Hsu – School of Technology for Medical Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Shi-Long Lian – Department of Radiotherapy, Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Chun-Ching Lin – School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Published on August 20, 2013 vol. 110 no. 34 13809-13814 by PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
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Veena P. Salvi, Dharmendra Kumar Maurya, and Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan Nair – Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
Kim KC, Kim IG.
Department of Radiation Biology, Environmental Radiation Research Group, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Yusong, Taejon 305-600, Korea.