Lion's Mane Bioactive Compounds: Hericenones & Erinacines
Explore mushroom research and guides on lion's mane bioactive compounds: hericenones & erinacines.
Hericenone C and NGF Synthesis: The Key Mechanism
Hericenone C triggers NGF synthesis via astrocyte cells. Here's how the mechanism works, which hericenone is most potent for NGF, and what changed in 2023.
Hericenones A-H: The Lion's Mane Fruiting Body Library
Hericenones A-H: the original geranyl-resorcinol compounds isolated from Lion's Mane fruiting bodies. What the NGF research actually shows, the 2021 structure revision, and 2025 biosynthetic mapping.
How Erinacines Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier
Erinacines blood brain barrier: these Lion's Mane diterpenoids cross by passive diffusion. Animal and clinical data confirm brain entry and downstream activity.
Isolation and Characterization of Lion's Mane Diterpenoids
Lion's mane erinacines are cyathane diterpenoids (15+ compounds) from mycelium with documented blood-brain barrier crossing. Here's the chemistry, the gene clusters behind their production, and the characterization methods.