Evaluation of the sub-acute toxicity of the sclerotium of Lignosus rhinocerus (Cooke), the Tiger Milk mushroom

• Main Authors: Lee, S.S., Tan, N.H., Fung, S.Y., Pailoor, J., Sim, S.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3692/1/Evaluation_of_the_sub-acute_toxicity_of_the_sclerotium_of_Lignosus_rhinocerus_%28Cooke%29%2C_the_Tiger_Milk_mushroom.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/3692/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Lignosus rhinocerus (known locally as 'Tiger Milk mushroom') is the most important medicinal mushroom used by the indigenous communities of Malaysia to treat fever, cough, asthma, cancer, food poisoning and as a general tonic. The sclerotium of the mushroom...