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Medicinal and edible fungi as an alternative medicine for treating age-related disease.

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  • Cordyceps sinensis (CS) has been used as a tonic for longevity, endurance, and vitality for thousands of years by the Chinese

  • Age-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer involve epigenetic modifications, where accumulation of minute changes in the epigenome over time leads to disease manifestation

  • Agaricus blazei Murill (AbM) has traditionally been used for the prevention of a range of diseases, including cancer, hepatitis, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, and dermatitis

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Cordyceps sinensis (CS) has been used as a tonic for longevity, endurance, and vitality for thousands of years by the Chinese. Editorial Medicinal and Edible Fungi as an Alternative Medicine for Treating Age-Related Disease The lack of effective and widely applicable pharmacological treatments for ischemic stroke patients may explain a growing interest in traditional medicines. Some of basidiomycetous fungi produce substances with potential medical effects and are called medicinal mushrooms.

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