BLACKMORES offshoot BioCeuticals has launched a range of medicinal mushroom supplements, with the ingredients DNA-tested for species accuracy and USDA organic certified.
The BioCeuticals UltraDefense range uses strict "pharmaceutical-grade growing conditions" to capture all of the biologically active components created in the complete mushroom life cycle.
The company says the key active constituents of medicinal mushrooms include polysaccharides, lectins, lactones, terpenoids and alkanoids.
BioCeuticals dietitian Belinda Reynolds said as well as providing vitamin D3, "studies show reiishi, shiitake and maitake mushrooms help to support healthy immune responses and regulate inflammatory processes".
"Beta-glucans play a role in immunomodulation and each medicinal mushroom species has different beta-glucans with individual medicinal properties," she claimed.
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