Maitake Grifola frondosa

[Mystic Wolf]

Maitake or Hen of The Woods, Sheep's Head – Grifola frondosa

Commonly known as the dancing mushroom or Maitake is regarded to impart vitality to health.
These mushrooms possess anti-tumor, immune-regulatory, anti-diabetic, beneficial effects against hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. Lei H, Guo S, Han J, et al. (2012) Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activities of MT-α-glucan and its effect on the immune function of diabetic mice. Carbohydr Polym 89: 245–250https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/medsci.2019.1.49/fulltext...

Maitake works on the immune-system enhancing effects and may also help control both high blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
G. frondosa enhances the efficacy of anti-cancer agent cisplatin, checking the decrease in the number of immunocompetent cells. G. frondosa mycelia were investigated for its anti-cancer effects alone and in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on human gastric carcinoma (SGC-7901) cells. The results confirm that S-GAP-P has evident anti-cancer activity through apoptotic induction and could significantly accelerate the anti-cancer activity.

GFPS1b has an anti-tumor activity that significantly inhibited the proliferation of human gastric adenocarcinoma (SGC-7901 cells), whereas slightly influenced the growth of human normal liver (L-02) cell line. Maitake – Grifola frondosa:
When you look at a Maitake, it is literally a mass of numerous, overlapping leaflike caps (called fronds) branching out from a common base.