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We encourage you to access as much information as possible from as many sources as possible and then draw your own conclusions. You may find the following links useful as part of your investigations. Mycopharma® does not endorse the content of any of these independent websites. For information about medical conditions always consult your doctor. If you have suggestions for other useful sources of information, please let us know.
 

Mushroom science links
Australasian Mycologist : Journal of the Australasian Mycological Society
BioOne
Cambridge Journals
Cornell University - Mycological Resources
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Fifty years of the Mycological Society of Japan: Overview of Publication History of its Scientific Journals
Gesellschaft für Vitalpilzkunde
Google Scholar - Mushrooms
Gulf States Mycological Society
International Journal for Medicinal Mushrooms
International Society for Mushroom Science
Krypto-S Botanical database at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
Medicinal Mushrooms and Cancer - Cancer Research UK
MycoBank - Online Dababase of the International Mycological Association
Mycologia - Journal of the Mycological Society of America
Mycologia Balcanica - Journal of the Bulgarian Mycological Society
Mycological Progress - International Journal of the German Mycological Society
Mycological Research Journal
Mycological Association Joaquim Codina
Mycoscience - Official English Journal of the Mycological Society of Japan
Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide
PubMed.gov
SciELO Scientific Electronic Library Online
Science Direct
The Mycology.Net
Transactions of the British Mycological Society
Whiley Interscience
 
Medicinal mushroom articles
"Antioxidant Properties of Several Medicinal Mushrooms", Jeng-Leun Mau, Hsiu-Ching Lin, and Chin-Chu Chen, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2002, 50 (21), pp 6072–6077
Cancer information: Agaricus - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Cancer information: Maitake - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Cancer information: Reishi Mushroom - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Cancer information: Shitake - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
"Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of Maitake (Grifola frondosa) Fiber, Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) Fiber, and Enokitake (Flammulina velutipes) Fiber in Rats", Michihiro Fukushima, Tetsu Ohashi, Yukiko Fujiwara, Kei Sonoyama and Masuo Nakano, Experimental Biology and Medicine 226:758-765 (2001)
"Coriolus versicolor: a medicinal mushroom with promising immunotherapeutic values", Chu et al., J Clin Pharmacol .2002; 42: 976-984
"Effects of D-Fraction, a polysaccharide from Grifola frondosa on tumor growth involve activation of NK cells", Kodama N, Komuta K, Sakai N, Nanba H., Biol Pharm Bull. 2002 Dec;25(12):1647-50
"Hematologic and Metabolic Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Agaricus sylvaticus Fungi on Rats Bearing Solid Walker 256 Tumor", Vanessa Cunha Taveira, Maria Rita Carvalho Garbi Novaes, Marcelo dos Anjos Reis and Monique Fernandes da Silva, Experimental Biology and Medicine 233:1341-1347 (2008)
"The Immunobiology of Mushrooms", Andrea T. Borchers, Anita Krishnamurthy, Carl L. Keen, Frederick J. Meyers and M. Eric Gershwin, Experimental Biology and Medicine 233:259-276 (2008)
"Immunological, Hematological, and Glycemia Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Agaricus sylvaticus on Patients’ Colorectal Cancer", Renata C. Fortes, Maria Rita C. G. Novaes, Viviane L. Recôva and Andresa L. Melo, Experimental Biology and Medicine 234:53-62 (2009)
"Medicinal Mushrooms and Cancer Therapy: translating a traditional practice into Western medicine", Sullivan, Richard. Smith, John E. Rowan, Neil J., Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - Volume 49, Number 2, Spring 2006, pp. 159-170
"Medicinal Mushrooms: A Selective Overview", Chris D. Meletis, Jason E. Barker. Alternative and Complementary Therapies. June 2005, 11(3): 141-145. doi:10.1089/act.2005.11.141
"Medicinal mushrooms as a source of antitumor and immunomodulating polysaccharides", Wasser SP, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Volume 60, Number 3 / November, 2002
"Medicinal mushrooms: their therapeutic properties and current medical usage with special emphasis on cancer treatments", Smith John E, Rowan NJ and Sullivan R., Cancer Research UK
"Mushrooms, Tumors, and Immunity: An Update", Andrea T. Borchers, Carl L. Keen and M. Eric Gershwin, Experimental Biology and Medicine 229:393-406 (2004)
"Researcher Reports on Cancer-Fighting Potential of Mushrooms", American Cancer Society, 2000
"Research Update: Medicinal Mushrooms", McGraw Hill's Access Science
 
Mycological databases
The British Fungi Database
SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Organic directory of large mushrooms and myxomyceter
United States Department of Agriculture Fungal Databases
 
Mycological societies
African Society for Edible & Medicinal Mushrooms
Australasian Mycological Society
British Mycological Society
Bulgarian Mycological Society
Czech Mycological Society
Czech Scientific Society for Mycology
Danish Mycological Society
Dutch Mycological Society
European Confederation of Mediterranean Mycology
European Council for the Conservation of Fungi
European Mycological Society
German Mycological Society
Indian Mycological Society
International Mycological Association
International Mycological Association Committee for Asia
Medical Mycological Society of the Americas
Mediteranean Federation of Mycological Associations
Mycological Society of America
Mycological Society of France
Mycological Society of Japan
Mycological Society of Nigeria
North American Mycological Association

Norwegian fungi and new growth league

Russian Academy of Mycology
Slovak Mycological Society
Swedish Mycological Society
Other mushroom and natural health links
Fungi.ca - A Canadian Mycological Resource
Mycological Resources on the Internet: Teaching - Cornell University Listing
Natural Health Yellow Pages
 
 
   
 
         
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