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Study

Seven-Mushroom Gel Sped Wound Healing in Rats

Seven-Mushroom Gel Sped Wound Healing in Rats

Wood ear, Porcini, Cordyceps, Shiitake, Turkey tail, Reishi, Snow fungus

What they found

A hydrogel with seven mushroom extracts fully healed 10 mm wounds in rats by day 20, though only 2 rats per group were tested.

A hydrogel with seven mushroom extracts fully healed 10 mm wounds in rats by day 20, though only 2 rats per group were tested.

The number

“perfectly healed” by day 20

How solid is it?

Animal

Animal

Animal

Animal

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At a glance

Latin name

Auricularia auricula, Boletus edulis, Cordyceps sinensis, Lentinula edodes, Coriolus versicolor, Ganoderma lucidum, Tremella fusiformis

Auricularia auricula, Boletus edulis, Cordyceps sinensis, Lentinula edodes, Coriolus versicolor, Ganoderma lucidum, Tremella fusiformis

Sample size

2 rats per group

2 rats per group

Published in

jatir.org

jatir.org

Covered in Shroom Scan

Section

HEALTH & WELLNESS

HEALTH & WELLNESS

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Wound Repair Gel

Wound Repair Gel

A guar gum hydrogel carrying 1 mg each of seven mushroom extracts, including wood ear (Auricularia auricula), porcini (Boletus edulis), cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis), shiitake (Lentinula edodes), turkey tail (Coriolus versicolor), reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), and snow fungus (Tremella fusiformis), was tested on 10 mm full-thickness wounds in rats. Wounds were checked on days 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20, and the mushroom-hydrogel site was described as “perfectly healed” by day 20 with no visible blood stain, pus, or inflammation compared with slower saline healing. The sample size was only 2 rats per group, though, so these results require a grain of salt.

A guar gum hydrogel carrying 1 mg each of seven mushroom extracts, including wood ear (Auricularia auricula), porcini (Boletus edulis), cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis), shiitake (Lentinula edodes), turkey tail (Coriolus versicolor), reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), and snow fungus (Tremella fusiformis), was tested on 10 mm full-thickness wounds in rats. Wounds were checked on days 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20, and the mushroom-hydrogel site was described as “perfectly healed” by day 20 with no visible blood stain, pus, or inflammation compared with slower saline healing. The sample size was only 2 rats per group, though, so these results require a grain of salt.

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