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Nutrients
Agrocybe chaxinggu has rich nutrition, high in protein (19.55%) but low in fat. Its protein contains 18 kinds of amino acids, in which methionine occupies the highest content of 2.49%, followed by glutamate, aspartate, Isoleucine, glycine and alanine. Worth mentioning is that it has complete eight essential amino acids and is abundant in B vitamins and potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and other mineral elements.
Medicinal use and research
In vitro antiviral
Activity against the tobacco mosaic virus.
Immune system
Agrocybe aegerita may have anticancer and immune modulating activities.
Use in Chinese medicine
In Chinese traditional medicine, it is considered to be a medicine warm in nature, non-toxic, which has the function of strengthening the spleen, lowering cholesterol, preventing cancer as well as beauty maintenance.
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