Maitake belong Polyporales on taxonomy, Polyporaceae, is a high protein, low fat, more nutritious precious mushrooms. Maitake is native to the mountains of northern Japan among its delicious, and very rare, it has a peculiar effect legends, both cultivation but also to heal illness.

Isolated from fresh fruiting bodies to several anti-cancer activity of polysaccharide. Water-soluble polysaccharides, there is one for the β- glucan polysaccharide another protein; water-insoluble polysaccharide, a different polysaccharide of glucose, xylose, citing grounds of glucose and a small amount of another rock fucose, xylose, mannose, Breast sugar and a small amount of protein complexes of different glycan
Maitake extract - Maitake D-fraction has anti-cancer effect, works as follows:
(1) activation of phagocytes, harmful immune cells such as T cells, induction of interleukin secretion of IFN -γ, tumor necrosis factor -α and other cellular factors. Thereby inhibiting tumor cell growth, metastasis, recurrence;
(2) induction of apoptosis in cancer cells, "programming style suicide";
(3) used in conjunction with conventional chemotherapy (mitomycin, carmustine, paclitaxel, etc.), both to increase efficacy, but also reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
(4) and immune therapy (interferon -α2b) have a synergistic effect.
(5) Mitigation patients with advanced cancer pain, increase appetite, improve the quality of life of patients.