Inonotus Obliquus (Chaga Mushroom)

Chaga mushroom has bioactive compounds such as beta-glucan, triterpenoids, and phenolic compounds to protect itself from environmental stresses. Chaga mushroom has traditionally been consumed as an extract due to its rigid cell walls, which consist of cross-linked chitin, beta-glucans, and other components.

Traditionally Chaga mushroom extract has been prepared by heating crushed mushroom in water. However, this traditional extraction requires long extraction time, and a large amount of extraction ratio.

Our advanced extraction methods improve the extractability and higher in both beta-glucans and triterpenoids.

So far there is not a recognized way and reference sample of testing for measuring triterpenoids content from Chaga.

The way of HPLC or UPLC with a group of Ganoderic acid as the reference sample usually shows lower content of triterpenoid result than the way of Ultraviolet spectrophotometer with oleanolic acid as the reference sample.

While some labs use asiaticoside with HPLC normally show much lower result of Triterpenoids.