New Roots Maitake Extract 400mg 60 Veggie Caps

- Maitake Extract 400mg Maitake (Grifola frondosa) extract (40% polysaccharides) serves as an excellent immune-system activator
- Native to northeastern Japan and North America, maitake mushrooms appear as greyish brown clusters on trees and fallen wood, reaching weights of up to 20 kg
- Due to their increasing rarity in the wild, maitake mushrooms are sustainably grown in shade-free, climate-controlled greenhouses to maximize both potency and purity
- New Roots Herbal’s Maitake (Grifola frondosa) is a hot water–extracted medicinal mushroom formula standardized to contain 40% polysaccharides (400 mg per capsule)
- Hot-water extraction is critical in obtaining a high-quality and effective mushroom product, following the traditional Asian method
- In the whole mushroom, polysaccharides are bound by indigestible cell walls comprised of chitin
- Dissolving chitin through hot water is necessary to gently release the medicinal components, the mushroom polysaccharides
- Grinding the mushroom may cause damage to the long-chain polysaccharides and fails to remove the indigestible chitin (fibre), limiting the amount of therapeutic constituents that can be fit per capsule
- Standardization ensures a consistent amount of polysaccharides in the final product, allowing delivery of a therapeutic dose
- The active therapeutic compounds include two specific beta-glucans