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Data on the chemical composition and pharmacological activity of chaga (Inonotus obliquus) are reviewed. The possible mechanisms of action and factors responsible for the discrepancy of data available in the literature are discussed. The physical and chemical characteristics of melanin (polyphenolic chromogenic humin-like complex present in chaga) and its role in the regulation of physiological processes are considered.
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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 37–44, October, 2006.
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Shashkina, M.Y., Shashkin, P.N. & Sergeev, A.V. Chemical and medicobiological properties of chaga (review). Pharm Chem J 40, 560–568 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-006-0194-4
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