Evaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States

Abstract Ganoderma lucidum is a well-known medicinal mushroom. At present, numerous G. lucidum products have emerged in the form of dietary supplements in the United States due to its various benefits. However, the quality consistency of these products based on their label ingredients has seldom bee...

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Autores principales:	Ding-Tao Wu, Yong Deng, Ling-Xiao Chen, Jing Zhao, Anton Bzhelyansky, Shao-Ping Li
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bd07ecc800ef4a4082e230cf142817932021-12-02T12:32:56ZEvaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States10.1038/s41598-017-06336-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/bd07ecc800ef4a4082e230cf142817932017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06336-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Ganoderma lucidum is a well-known medicinal mushroom. At present, numerous G. lucidum products have emerged in the form of dietary supplements in the United States due to its various benefits. However, the quality consistency of these products based on their label ingredients has seldom been evaluated due to the lack of a suitable toolkit. In this study, 19 batches of products of G. lucidum (Red Reishi, Reishi), herbal/mushroom supplements purchased in the United States, were evaluated based on their bioactive components including triterpenes and polysaccharides by using chromatographic methods and saccharide mapping. The results showed that the measured ingredients of only 5 tested samples (26.3%) were in accordance with their labels, which suggested the quality consistency of G. lucidum dietary supplements in the U.S. market was poor, which should be carefully investigated.Ding-Tao WuYong DengLing-Xiao ChenJing ZhaoAnton BzhelyanskyShao-Ping LiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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description	Abstract Ganoderma lucidum is a well-known medicinal mushroom. At present, numerous G. lucidum products have emerged in the form of dietary supplements in the United States due to its various benefits. However, the quality consistency of these products based on their label ingredients has seldom been evaluated due to the lack of a suitable toolkit. In this study, 19 batches of products of G. lucidum (Red Reishi, Reishi), herbal/mushroom supplements purchased in the United States, were evaluated based on their bioactive components including triterpenes and polysaccharides by using chromatographic methods and saccharide mapping. The results showed that the measured ingredients of only 5 tested samples (26.3%) were in accordance with their labels, which suggested the quality consistency of G. lucidum dietary supplements in the U.S. market was poor, which should be carefully investigated.
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author	Ding-Tao Wu Yong Deng Ling-Xiao Chen Jing Zhao Anton Bzhelyansky Shao-Ping Li
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title	Evaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States
title_short	Evaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States
title_full	Evaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States
title_fullStr	Evaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States
title_sort	evaluation on quality consistency of ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the united states
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/bd07ecc800ef4a4082e230cf14281793
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Evaluation on quality consistency of Ganoderma lucidum dietary supplements collected in the United States

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