Entinus edodes is a mushroom that shows medicinal and functional properties. Higher
basidiomycetes are promising objects of modern biotechnology, as they contain various bioactive compounds of
carbohydrate, lipid and phenolic nature, vitamins, trace elements and other compounds that are vital for the human body
including terpenoids, steroids, phenols, alkaloids, lectins, ergosterols. They modulate the immune system, lower blood
pressure and blood lipid concentrations, inhibit tumors and microbial action.

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