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Grifola frondosa (also known as maitake) is a mushroom that can be used both as food and medicine, and belongs to the genus Cladosporidae of Polyporaceae of Basidiomycetes. There are many different names of Grifola frondosa. Some works call it Polyporus Bay, Chestnut Mushroom and Chestnut Mushroom in Hebei, Thousand-Buddha Mushroom in Sichuan, Heavy Mushroom in Fujian Tongzhi, and Lotus Mushroom in local people, Melon Board in Dongshan District of Yanqing County, Beijing, and Qiguo Mushroom or Yeqi Mushroom. With the adoption of the earlier authoritative monograph Fungi in China, Grifola frondosa has become a common Chinese name. Grifola frondosa in  has a pine mushroom-like aroma, tender meat, taste like shredded chicken and crisp like magnolia. According to the analysis of the quality inspection center of the Ministry of Agriculture, the artificially cultivated Grifola frondosa in Qianxi, Hebei Province, is superior to the mushroom known as the king of mushrooms in nutrition and taste, and can be cooked into a variety of delicious dishes, which is an extremely precious high-grade edible mushroom. Grifola frondosa in  has extremely high health care function. According to literature reports, it has the effect of inhibiting hypertension and obesity; Because it is rich in iron, copper and vitamin C, it can prevent anemia, scurvy, vitiligo, arteriosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis; It is rich in selenium and chromium, and has the functions of protecting liver and pancreas and preventing cirrhosis and diabetes. The high selenium content makes it also have the function of preventing and treating Keshan disease, Kaschin-Beck disease and some heart diseases. It contains both calcium and vitamin D, which can effectively prevent and treat rickets. Higher zinc content is beneficial to brain development, keeping visual acuity and promoting wound healing; The combination of high content of vitamin E and selenium makes it anti-aging and enhances memory and sensitivity. Grifola frondosa is also an eye-catching source of anticancer drugs. On the one hand, higher selenium content has anti-cancer effect, especially Grifola frondosa polysaccharide, mainly β-glucan, of which β-(1,3)-glucan with six branches accounts for a considerable proportion, which is said to be higher than Lentinan (PSK in Japan) already on the market. At the same time it is an excellent immunomodulator. As a traditional Chinese medicine, Grifola frondosa is equivalent to Polyporus, which can treat dysuria, edema, beriberi, ascites due to liver cirrhosis and diabetes, and is a very valuable medicinal fungus.
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