Somebody else provided you with the answers and you never acknowledged it.

(09-09-2014, 03:26 PM)spanky Wrote: Thanks, Candace. How reliable are product claims that they are "standardized?"

FWIW, here is some research on reishi I assembled. the first link includes a detailed article.

Estrogenic effects and 5-alpha reductase inhibiting effects of reishi - Ganoderma lucidum

http://www.academia.edu/6924010/Ganoderma_lucidum_A_Potent_Pharmacological_Macrofungus

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10086-008-0992-2

http://www.raysahelian.com/ganoderma.html

http://www.nuskin.com/global/library/pdf/products/reishi_studies.pdf

http://functionalfoodscenter.net/files/63502376.pdf

http://www.livestrong.com/article/526240-do-mushrooms-have-an-effect-on-testosterone-levels/

http://www.rawforestfoodsblog.com/is-reishi-ganoderma-lucidum-anti-androgenic/