Maitake D-Fraction: a promising natural agent for alternative cancer treatment.

Original Internist | September 1, 2002| | Copyright

Introduction

Despite the medicinal aspects of several mushrooms having been passed down through folklore in the Orient, the scientific study of these mushrooms to explore their biological properties has been initiated only within the past 20 years. A number of researchers have particularly focused their attention on one of these mushrooms called maitake (Grifola frondosa) mushroom. "Maitake" (pronounced "my-tah-keh") is an edible, tasty mushroom and literally means "dancing mushroom." Characteristically, it is a giant mushroom that often reaches 20 inches in ...

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