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A fan shape bracket
fungus, the most common mushroom found on hardwoods. The fans are
overlapping forming layers of fruit bodies. The outer edge is wavy.
They show multiple colors of dark reds, grays, blues, with an outer edge
of white. This mushroom has been used by the Asians for medicinal
purposes for thousands of years.
Medicinal Properties:
Turkey tail contains
Krestin, an anticancer drug. approved in Asia. Nakazato et al, 1994,
reports that 262 patients treated for gastric cancer with trametes
versicolor as an adjunct to chemotherapy showed a decrease in
reoccurrence and a significant survival rate increase. Kobayshi et al,
1995, reported the active chemical PSK the protein bound polysaccharide,
reduces cancer metastasis. PSK stimulates the production of
interleukin-1 in human cells. Collins and Ng, 1997, found
polysaccharopeptide (PSP), a water soluble fraction of the mushroom, has
inhibitory effects on HIV replication in vitro. PSP is a biological
response modifier, which induce an immune response to produce gamma
interferon, interleukin-2, and T cells. Doug et al 1997, reported that
another polysaccharide protein not only was an immune modulator which
inhibited human leukemia cell growth but did not effect normal
lymphocyte cells. Lin et al showed that versicolor enhanced the recovery
of spleen cells after gamma irradiation. The active chemical PSK has
been shown to be a strong antibiotic against Escherichia coli,
Pseudomonas aerations, Candida albincans, and other human pathogens. The
study was conducted by Sakagami and Takeda, 1993. ORDER
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