Hedgehog Extract

Hedgehog extract, is China's traditional precious edible fungus. Hericium is not only delicious, but very nutritious.The effective pharmacological components of Hericium erinaceus are not yet completely known,and the active components are Hericum erinaceus polysaccharide, Hericium erinaceus oleanolic acid, and Hericium erinaceus trichostatin A, B, C, D, F.Most of Hericium erinaceus in clinical application are extracted and made from fruit bodies.

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About Hedgehog extract

Hericium erinaceus contains a number of polysaccharides, such as B-glucan, heteroglucans, heteroxylans, as several cyanthane derivative triterpenes known as hericenone and erinacine.[1] These latter compounds, found in the fruitbody and mycelium respectively, are considered to be responsible for the neuroregenerative effects of this species.
Hericium erinaceus is also called monkey head because its fruitbody looks like a ball with hair. In the old times monkey head was regarded as the famous mountain treasure which just could be eaten by rich men. It is one of the famous four dish in china ( another three are sea cucumber, bear palm and birds nest.) According to the chemical analysis, every 100 grams of dried fungus contain 26.3 g protein, 4.2 g fat, 44.9 g carbohydrate, 6.4g thin fibre, 10.2g water, 850mg P, 18mg Fe, 2mg Ca, 0.89mg VB1, 1.89mg VB2, 0.01mg carotene. 16 kinds of amino acids including 7 kinds of essential amino acids.

References on Hedgehog extract

[1]. Sedum sarmentosum Bunge extract induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in pancreatic cancer cells via the hedgehog signaling pathway. Bai Y et al. Oncol Rep. (2016)