The role of edible mushrooms in health: Evaluation of the evidence

White button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) lowers blood glucose and cholesterol levels in diabetic and hypercholesterolemic rats

Sang Chul Jeong, Yong Tae Jeong, Byung Keun Yang et al. · Nutrition Research · 2010 · 288 citations

Medicine, Botany, Endocrinology +12

Improving effects of the mushroom Yamabushitake (<i>Hericium erinaceus</i>) on mild cognitive impairment: a double‐blind placebo‐controlled clinical trial

Koichiro Mori, Satoshi Inatomi, Kenzi Ouchi et al. · Phytotherapy Research · 2008 · 255 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +13

Triterpene-enriched extracts from Ganoderma lucidum inhibit growth of hepatoma cells via suppressing protein kinase C, activating mitogen-activated protein kinases and G2-phase cell cycle arrest

Shwu‐Bin Lin, Chyi-Hann Li, Shiuh‐Sheng Lee et al. · Life Sciences · 2003 · 244 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Oncology +13

A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: immunological effects

Gary Deng, Hong Lin, Andrew D. Seidman et al. · Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology · 2009 · 211 citations · Full text

Medicine, Immunology, Oncology +16

Reversible inhibition of proliferation of epithelial cell lines by Agaricus bisporus (edible mushroom) lectin.

Lu‐Gang Yu, David G. Fernig, John A. Smith et al. · PubMed · 1993 · 197 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Oncology +15