Lentinan is green and safe and has good future application prospects.

Lentinan refers to an effective active ingredient extracted from edible mushroom fruiting bodies, mycelium and fermentation broth. Lentinan is a polysaccharide compound that mostly appears as a gray-white powder. It is easily soluble in hot water and the aqueous solution is transparent and viscous. It is insoluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, acetone, ethyl acetate, and ether. Lentinan has immune-enhancing, anti-tumor, bacteriostatic, anti-viral and other effects. It can be used as an immune enhancer, bactericide, food additive, etc. in medicine, agriculture, food and other fields.

my country is the world’s largest producer of edible fungi. There are many varieties of edible fungi grown in the country. Among edible fungi, shiitake mushrooms are the largest variety. my country has a large scale of mushroom cultivation, with the main production areas located in Henan, Hebei, Fujian, Hubei, Shaanxi and other regions. In 2020, my country’s mushroom production reached more than 11.5 million tons, and exports exceeded 600,000 tons. Lentinin is the main active ingredient of Lentinus edodes. Developing the Lentinin edodes industry will help extend the Lentinus edodes industry chain and improve the level of deep processing of the Lentinus edodes industry.

According to the “2022-2026 China Lentinin Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center, my country’s mushroom cultivation scale is large, the industry’s output is high, and the raw material supply of lentinan is sufficient. In China, there are many suppliers related to lentinan, including Liaoning Weike Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Beijing Sanpu Baicao Green Plant Preparations, Shandong Xinde Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Shengpeng Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing Luye Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Cirui Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. wait.

In the early days, lentinan was mainly used in the medical field to enhance human immunity. Related drugs include lentinan for injection, lentinan tablets, lentinan capsules, etc., which are mostly used to treat inoperable or recurrent gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, etc. In clinical practice, lentinan is generally used in combination with chemotherapy drugs, such as lentinan + tegafur, lentinan + doxorubicin, lentinan + mitomycin, etc.

Later, as research continued to deepen, lentinan has also been widely used in the agricultural field due to its good anti-plant virus activity. As a botanical pesticide, lentinan is highly efficient, broad-spectrum, green, safe, and natural. It can meet the production needs of green agricultural products and has good future application prospects. Lentinan can prevent and treat tomato mosaic virus disease, potato virus disease, corn rough dwarf disease, etc., and is suitable for crops including tomatoes, corn, wheat, potatoes, rice, etc.

Industry analysts said that my country’s shiitake mushroom industry has high output and the development of the lentinan industry has raw material advantages. However, at present, domestically produced shiitake mushrooms contain The variety of products with polysaccharide ingredients is still small. Lentinan is environmentally friendly and natural. In the medical field, lentinan is expected to become the most ideal anti-tumor drug. In the agricultural field, lentinan is broad-spectrum and highly efficient, and can meet the production needs of green agricultural products. In the future, with the expansion of application fields and the upgrading of market demand, the market development prospects of lentinan are good.