Glossary of Terms
- alcohol extraction: Extraction using ethanol as solvant
- alpha-glucan: Polymer of D-glucose by α-glycosidic linkages
- Amycenone®: A Lion’s Mane fruiting body extract containing amyloban and hericenones made by patented method
- amyloban: A patented fraction extracted from Lion’s Mane fruiting body that supports healthy brain function
- Beta-glucan: Polymers of D-glucose by β-glycosidic linkages
- Carbohydrates: Organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
- CS-4: A farmous and well-studied Cordyceps strain
- D-Fraction: A water-soluble protein-bound β-1,3/ β -1,6-glucans extracted from Maitake
- DLPE (1,2-Dilauroyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine): A phosphatidylethanolamine derivative extracted from Lion’s Mane fruiting body
- Double extract: A blended extract composed of the ethanol extract and hot-water extract of mushroom fruiting body
- erinacines: A group of compounds isolated from Lion’s Mane Mycelium
- Extract blend: A blended extract composed of the how-water extract and powder of mushroom fruiting body
- Fruiting body: Portion of mushroom grown outside medium
- glycoprotein: Saccharide-binding protein
- GXM (glucuronoxylomannan): An acidic polysaccharide extracted from Tremella
- hericenones: A group of compounds isolated from Lion’s Mane fruiting body that supports healthy brain function
- hot-water extraction: Extraction using hot-water as solvant
- mycelium: Portion of mushroom grown inside medium
- PL-fraction: A water-soluble extract of Meshima mushroom
- Polysaccharides: Polymers composed of more than 10 monosaccharide units by glycosidic linkages
- proteoglucan: Protein-bound glucan
- sclerotium: Compact aggregate of fungal filamentous structure
- starch: Polymer of D-glucose by α-1,4-glycosidic linkages
- SX-Fraction: A water-soluble glycoprotein extracted from Maitake