Ganoderma: The Wild Mushroom with Wonderful Health Benefits

March 2020 in “ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry ”

Sudeepta Pattanayak, Siddhartha Das, G. Biswal

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Studysummary This review discusses the health benefits and therapeutic potential of Ganoderma lucidum, but it reports no new clinical results and emphasizes the need for further research and compound discovery.

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