Biology:Wolfiporia extensa
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| Species: | W. extensa
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| Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns (1984)
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Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns (syn. Poria cocos F.A.Wolf) is a fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a subterranean growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium that resembles a small coconut. This sclerotium called "(Chinese) Tuckahoe" or fu-ling (Chinese: 茯苓; pinyin: fúlíng), is not the same as the true tuckahoe used as Indian bread by Native Americans, which is the arrow arum, Peltandra virginica, a flowering tuberous plant in the arum family. W. extensa is also used extensively as a medicinal mushroom in Chinese medicine.[2] Indications for use in the traditional Chinese medicine include promoting urination, to invigorate the spleen function (i.e., digestive function), and to calm the mind.[3]
Names
Common names include hoelen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling (茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), and matsuhodo.
Botanical extract
Wolfiporia extensa is a source of a triterpenoid compound, pachymic acid, which has been the object of scientific study based upon the mushroom's role in traditional Chinese medicine. The species is often called cocos in this context.[4]
References
- ↑ "GSD Species Synonymy: Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns". Species Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=106545. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ↑ Esteban CI. (2009). "Interés medicinal de Poria cocos (= Wolfiporia extensa)" (in Spanish). Revista Iberoamericana de Micología 26 (2): 103–7. doi:10.1016/S1130-1406(09)70019-1. PMID 19631158. http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3016560.
- ↑ Bensky D, Clavey S, Stoger E. (2004) Eastland Press, Inc. Seattle, 3rd ed. ISBN:0939616424. p. 267
- ↑ "Pachymic acid inhibits growth and induces apoptosis of pancreatic cancer in vitro and in vivo by targeting ER stress". PLOS ONE 10 (4): e0122270. 2015. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122270. PMID 25915041. Bibcode: 2015PLoSO..1022270C.
External links
- Hoelen (Poria)
- Medicinal Mushrooms: Their Therapeutic Properties and Current Medical Usage with Special Emphasis on Cancer Treatments by Cancer Research UK, 2001
Wikidata ☰ Q3115198 entry
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