Nutritional Content of Shiitake Lentinula edodes
- Protein: 13-18% (15% in caps) – all essential amino acids
- Niacin/B3
- Thiamin B1
- Riboflavin B2
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin D
- Polysaccharides – especially Lentinan
- Alkaloid – eritadenine
- Fatty acids – mostly unsaturated
- Enzymes
- Hemicellulose compounds
Some of the constituents in Shiitake include: fatty acids (largely unsaturated); over thirty different enzymes; proteins (containing all the essential amino acids and non-essential amino acids); eritadenine; ergothioneine; vitamins B-2; varying levels of Vitamin D2; and the glucan polysaccharide, lentinan.