10/10/2012
We are fortunate to have the type of Shiitake mushroom at our Three Rivers Mushroom Farm that contains the highest amount of beneficial compounds for your health and a powerful aphrodisiac! They are known as "donko" shiitake. All of our donko shiitake mushrooms are grown organically on logs in a natural mushroom environment adjacent to the Meherrin River in the scenic Roanoke-Chowan River basin of eastern NC.
GET ON OUR WAITING LIST AND RECEIVE YOUR SHIITAKE MUSHROOM AS FRESH AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. THE HIGH END DONKO TYPE IS FRUITING NOW IN LIMITED SUPPLY! SEND US A MESSAGE IN OUR INBOX AND WE WILL HOOK YOU RIGHT UP! :-)
Quote from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry on Shiitake and Cholesterol...
"Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of death in the Western world, and a high level of blood cholesterol is considered a risk factor. The edible fungus, shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes), contains the hypocholesterolemic agent eritadenine, 2(R),3(R)-dihydroxy-4-(9-adenyl)-butyric acid. This study was conducted to quantify the amount of the cholesterol reducing agent eritadenine in shiitake mushrooms, in search of a potential natural medicine against blood cholesterol. The amounts of eritadenine in the fruit bodies of four different shiitake mushrooms, Le-1, Le-2, Le-A, and Le-B, were investigated in this study. To achieve this goal, methanol extraction was used to recover as much as possible of the hypocholesterolemic agent from the fungal cells. In addition, enzymes that degrade the fungal cell walls were also used to elucidate if the extraction could be further enhanced. To analyze the target compound, a reliable and reproducible HPLC method for separation, identification, and quantification of eritadenine was developed. The shiitake strains under investigation exhibit up to 10 times higher levels of eritadenine than previously reported for other shiitake strains. Further, pretreating the mushrooms with hydrolytic enzymes before methanol extraction resulted in an insignificant increase in the amount of eritadenine released. These results indicate the potential for delivery of therapeutic amounts of eritadenine from the ingestion of extracts or dried concentrates of shiitake mushroom strains."
