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The most significant shiitake product on the market today is LEM, an extract produced from mycelia that shows high oral activity. LEM is a trade name for a water extract produced from mycelia grown on a solid media of sugar cane bagasse.
The degradation of this bagasse by shiiitake mycelia produces a lignin compound, EP3, that is anti-viral and immunoactive. Lentinan, which is the name given a highly purified polysaccharide fraction of extracted mushrooms, is an approved drug in Japan.
It is generally administered by injection and has been used as an agent to prolong survival of patients in conventional cancer therapy as well as in AIDS research. Lentinan is currently in Phase II clinical trials in the U.S.
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