Medicinal Mushrooms
Coriolus versicolor is a mushroom that is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a tonic. PSK and PSP, polysaccharide compounds isolated from Coriolus, were shown to improve immune function in patients with certain cancers when used along with chemotherapy.
PDQ Cancer Information Summaries:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424937/
Recent developments in mushrooms as anti-cancer therapeutics: a reviewhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339609/