Abstract
The Tiger Milk mushroom is traditionally used by aborigines and locals alike for various bodily ailments and to improve general health. In Malaysia, three species of genus Lignosus have been identified: Lignosus rhinocerus, Lignosus tigris, and Lignosus cameronensis. Taxonomically, Lignosus rhinocerus is distinct from the rest of the Lignosus species. Prior to the discovery and identification of Lignosus tigris and Lignosus cameronensis as two separate and distinct species from Lignosus rhinocerus, these were often described and used interchangeably as Lignosus rhinocerus. To date, the wild types of these three species are still being referred to as Lignosus rhinocerus, as the sclerotia are often collected without intact stipe and cap, which make it hard to differentiate among the three. Scientific investigations to validate the traditional claims recorded by ethnomycological surveys have focused on the investigation of the composition and functional properties of Lignosus rhinocerus sclerotium. Chronic, subacute and acute toxicity, genotoxicity, antifertility and teratogenic, nutritive, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative activity and inhibition of protein glycation effects have been reported using the cultivated species (TM02) of this mushroom. The genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic studies on Lignosus rhinocerus sclerotium have also been performed. A substantial amount of data has been generated since the inception of the research in 2009 by the Medicinal Mushroom Research Group (MMRG) in the Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Active research is ongoing in our laboratories to elucidate more scientific data of this much sought-after medicinal mushroom.
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Abbreviations
- 184B5:
-
Human mammary gland/breast epithelial cells
- AGE:
-
Advanced glycation end-product
- AOAC:
-
Association of Official Analytical Communities
- CAT:
-
Catalase
- CML:
-
Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine
- DF:
-
Dietary fiber
- MCF-7:
-
Human breast adenocarcinoma cell line
- MCM:
-
Mushroom complete medium
- MMRG:
-
Medicinal Mushroom Research Group
- NDCs:
-
Nondigestible carbohydrates
- OECD:
-
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Pent:
-
Pentosidine
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase
- TM02:
-
Lignosus rhinocerus TM02 cultivar
- TNF:
-
Tumor necrosis factor
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Fung, SY., Tan, CS. (2019). Tiger Milk Mushroom (The Lignosus Trinity) in Malaysia: A Medicinal Treasure Trove. In: Agrawal, D., Dhanasekaran, M. (eds) Medicinal Mushrooms. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6382-5_14
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