From laboratory and human clinical studies on medicinal mushrooms<\/a> found that
\na number of compounds in medicinal mushroom<\/a> can stimulate immune function and
\ninhibit tumor growth. The main compounds observed were polysaccharides.<\/p>\n

Polysaccharides are chains of sugar units that form in configurations from
\ntens to thousands of units long. They comprise the carbohydrate storage units
\nfor plants and animals, and they can also have structural roles in plants,
\nfungi, insects, and crustaceans. Plants make starches as their storage units,
\nwhile animals store glycogen. Starches and glycogen are homopolysaccharides,
\nmeaning that they have the same type of sugar throughout their chain.( According
\nto wikipedia)<\/p>\n

Briefly,Polysaccharides are large, complex branched chain-like molecules
\nbuilt from many smaller units of sugar molecules.<\/p>\n

Polysaccharides have shown to have antitumor and immuno-stimulating
\nproperties. Similar immune-activating polysaccharides from medicinal mushrooms
\nare also found in Echinacea and Astragalus. Besides the strong antitumor and
\nimmune enhancing effects of polysaccharides in medicinal mushrooms, research has
\nalso shown polysaccharides to have antibiotic and antiviral properties.
\nMedicinal mushroom polysaccharides also have the ability to lower blood pressure
\nand reduce blood levels of lipids and sugar.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Kirk
\n info@nutragreen.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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