Shiitake Mushroom
Functional Food
Shiitake is the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes. Whole mushrooms, powders, mycelium, and standardized fractions such as lentinan differ materially, so findings for one preparation do not automatically apply to another.
Pharmacokinetic model
A route-level PK model for shiitake mushroom is being prepared from published data. Dosing references, studies, and documented interactions are below; the app catalog is updated as models are validated.
Key facts
- Category
- Functional Food
- Suggested cadence
- once daily
Research behind this entry
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Consuming Lentinula edodes (Shiitake) Mushrooms Daily Improves Human Immunity: A Randomized Dietary Intervention in Healthy Young Adults
Healthy adults ate 5 or 10 g/day of dried whole shiitake for four weeks, with changes in ex-vivo immune-cell measures and secretory IgA. The dietary intervention does not isolate a constituent, establish clinical…
1 published study referenced in the app, each with a plain-language summary.