Abstract
In a previous paper the authors reported that ground dried mushroom (Lentinus edodes, Kohshin) remarkably reduced plasma cholesterol level of rats.
In continuation of the study, some other species of mushrooms have been screened. All the caps and the stem of mushrooms used for feeding experiments were effective to various degrees in lowering the plasma cholesterol levels: Lentinus edodes, Donko was more effective, while Auricularia polytricha (Jews-ear) and Flammulia velutipes less effective, than L. edodes, Kohshin or Agaricus bisporus (champignon).
