{"id":537,"date":"2022-10-13T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T07:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modafinil.pl\/sklep\/lions-mane-hedgehog-soplum-hericium-erinaceus-10grams-99-powdered-soplum\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T06:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:11:57","slug":"lions-mane-soplowka-hericium-erinaceus-10gram-99-powdered-soplowka","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/modafinil.pl\/en\/sklep\/lions-mane-soplowka-hericium-erinaceus-10gram-99-powdered-soplowka\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) \u2014 powdered fruiting body 10 g"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hericium erinaceus (Bull.) Pers.<\/strong> \u2014 powdered fruiting body, 10 g pack. Material intended exclusively for laboratory and analytical in vitro research<\/strong>. This product is not intended for human or animal consumption<\/strong>; it is not a medicinal product, food supplement, foodstuff or cosmetic.<\/p>\n

Something that needs to be said at the outset<\/h2>\n

This description differs from the other items in our catalogue in one important respect: the material offered has no CAS number<\/strong>. Not because one has not been assigned \u2014 but because Hericium erinaceus<\/em> as such is not a single chemical compound but a species of fungus. CAS numbers are assigned to specific molecules, whereas the powdered fruiting body is a complex mixture \u2014 of polysaccharides, cyathane-type diterpenoids (erinacines) and aromatic compounds (hericenones) \u2014 some of which have their own registry numbers (see the \u201cChemistry” section below), but none of which defines the material as a whole.<\/p>\n

We state this plainly because the consequence is practical: the identity and quality of such a material are not confirmed by a single determination, as with a pure chemical substance, but by the chromatographic profile of marker compounds. The identification sheet below is therefore based on taxonomic data \u2014 the classification of the species and its number in the NCBI Taxonomy database \u2014 rather than on the registry record of a single substance.<\/p>\n

Three distinct entities that must not be confused<\/h2>\n

As with other items in our catalogue, we separate the layers right at the outset \u2014 with the difference that the middle entity here is not a medicinal product but a commercial product marketed under food law:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Separating the layers: fungal species \u2014 commercial products \u2014 research material<\/caption>\n
Entity<\/th>\nWhat it is<\/th>\nStatus<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Fungal species (biology)
Hericium erinaceus<\/em><\/th>\n		A taxon described and classified mycologically, present in taxonomic and chemical databases. In itself it is neither a foodstuff nor a research material \u2014 its status is conferred only by the form in which it has been processed.<\/td>\nthe only \u201chard” entity \u2014 independent of commercial context<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commercial products
capsules, tablets, extracts sold at retail<\/th>\n		Finished preparations with a declared form and content, placed on the market under food law. They are not registered as medicinal products in any country known to us.<\/td>\nit is this entity that the studies involving humans<\/strong> cited in the literature concerned [2][3][12][13][15]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Research material (laboratory reagent)
the material offered on this page<\/th>\n		Powdered fruiting body intended for laboratory and analytical work. It does not have, and cannot have, any authorisation for use in humans or animals<\/strong> \u2014 it has no form placed on the food market and no such accompanying documentation.<\/td>\nanalytics, chemistry, comparison materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The consequence is unambiguous.<\/strong> The research results referred to later on this page were obtained exclusively with finished commercial preparations<\/strong> given to humans in clinical studies (capsules or extracts of declared content), or with material administered to laboratory animals<\/strong> under controlled experimental conditions, or on cell lines in vitro. None of these studies was conducted with the research material<\/strong> offered on this page, and none of these results transfers to the material offered.<\/p>\n

Material identification sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Taxonomic data and identifiers \u2014 Hericium erinaceus<\/caption>\n
Systematic (Latin) name<\/th>\nHericium erinaceus<\/em> (Bull.) Pers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basionym<\/th>\nHydnum erinaceus<\/em> Bull.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taxonomic synonym<\/th>\nHericium erinaceum<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Classification<\/th>\nFungi \u2192 Basidiomycota \u2192 Agaricomycetes \u2192 Russulales \u2192 Hericiaceae \u2192 Hericium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NCBI Taxonomy ID<\/th>\n91752<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polish name<\/th>\nsopl\u00f3wka je\u017cowata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English names<\/th>\nLion’s Mane, bearded tooth mushroom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japanese name<\/th>\nyamabushitake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form of the material offered<\/th>\npowdered fruiting body (powder)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Net weight<\/th>\n10 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raw material content<\/th>\n\u2265 99% (no fillers or carriers)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Appearance<\/th>\npowder, cream-beige to light brown in colour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAS number (of the species as a whole)<\/th>\nnot applicable \u2014 a complex biological material, not a single chemical compound (see the \u201cChemistry” section)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intended use<\/th>\nresearch material \u2014 not for human or animal consumption<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Lineage of the species: from Hydnum erinaceus<\/em> to Hericium erinaceus<\/em><\/h2>\n

The species was described by the French mycologist Pierre Bulliard in the eighteenth century, who named it Hydnum erinaceus<\/em> \u2014 placing it in the genus Hydnum<\/em>, which at that time included most spined fungi. A later revision of this genus, carried out by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, separated the species with pendent, branched fruiting structures into a new genus, Hericium<\/em> \u2014 hence today’s name Hericium erinaceus<\/em> (Bull.) Pers., in which the abbreviation of the author’s name denotes precisely this recombination.<\/p>\n

Place in fungal classification<\/h3>\n

The taxon belongs to the order Russulales and the family Hericiaceae \u2014 it is therefore taxonomically adjacent to brittlegills (Russula) and milkcaps (Lactarius), despite the completely different habit of its fruiting body. In the NCBI Taxonomy database it is listed under identifier 91752, with the synonym Hericium erinaceum<\/em> and the basionym Hydnum erinaceus<\/em> recorded.<\/p>\n

The species has a long culinary tradition and a place in the folk medicine of East Asia, where it is known as yamabushitake. The chemistry, nutritional value and history of use of the species are summarised in an extensive review by Friedman from 2015, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry<\/em> [1].<\/p>\n

Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Timeline: description of the species and development of the scientific literature<\/caption>\n
eighteenth century<\/th>\ndescription of the species by Pierre Bulliard as Hydnum erinaceus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nineteenth century<\/th>\nrecombination into the genus Hericium<\/em> by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/th>\nfirst randomised clinical study using capsules in people with mild cognitive impairment [2]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/th>\nstudy of the effect of 4-week intake of a preparation on mood [3]; isolation and characterisation of hericenone B [4]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/th>\nassessment of heavy metal content in wild-growing mushrooms [5]; study in a mouse model with amyloid \u03b2 peptide [6]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/th>\nreview of the chemistry and nutritional value of the species [1]; protective studies on PC12 cells [7] and comparison of polysaccharide activity across eight fungal species [8]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/th>\nstudy in transgenic mice with an Alzheimer’s disease model [9]; subchronic toxicological assessment in rodents [10]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/th>\nassessment of the acute and developmental toxicity of erinacine A-enriched mycelium [11]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/th>\nmulticentre study of improvement in cognitive function after oral intake of a preparation [12]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/th>\npilot double-blind study on the prevention of early Alzheimer’s disease [13]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/th>\ndevelopment of a HILIC-MS method for profiling fruiting-body polysaccharides [14]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/th>\nstudy of the acute and chronic effects of intake of a preparation on cognitive function, stress and mood in young adults [15]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The centres that built the literature<\/h2>\n

Unlike some other items in our catalogue, where the literature originated in a single region and a single language, the literature on Hericium erinaceus<\/em> is geographically dispersed \u2014 which facilitates cross-verification of results, but also means that different teams studied different preparations (erinacine A-enriched mycelium, powdered fruiting body, aqueous extracts) that are not always directly comparable with one another.<\/p>\n