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Bracket Mushroom Compounds Block a Breast Cancer Protein

Bracket Mushroom Compounds Block a Breast Cancer Protein

Bracket mushroom

What they found

Steroidal compounds from the bracket fungus Daedaleopsis confragosa blocked Src, a protein involved in breast cancer growth, in lab experiments.

Steroidal compounds from the bracket fungus Daedaleopsis confragosa blocked Src, a protein involved in breast cancer growth, in lab experiments.

How solid is it?

Lab dish

Lab dish

In vitro (lab dish)

In vitro (lab dish)

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Daedaleopsis confragosa

Daedaleopsis confragosa

Compound

steroidal compounds

steroidal compounds

Published in

Food Chemistry

Food Chemistry

Covered in Shroom Scan

Section

HEALTH & WELLNESS

HEALTH & WELLNESS

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Hidden Drug Factory

Hidden Drug Factory

Daedaleopsis confragosa, a wood-growing bracket mushroom, contained steroidal compounds that blocked Src, a key protein involved in breast cancer growth and survival. Multiple compounds slowed cancer-cell activity in laboratory experiments, adding to the growing list of medically interesting molecules discovered in fungi. Even obscure mushrooms are proving to be rich sources of compounds with pharmaceutical potential.

Daedaleopsis confragosa, a wood-growing bracket mushroom, contained steroidal compounds that blocked Src, a key protein involved in breast cancer growth and survival. Multiple compounds slowed cancer-cell activity in laboratory experiments, adding to the growing list of medically interesting molecules discovered in fungi. Even obscure mushrooms are proving to be rich sources of compounds with pharmaceutical potential.

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