Lentinan have been put into clinical use as anti-cancer drugs, but also to raise NKC activity, the activation of macrophages, to some extent, inhibit tumor cell growth.

• 香菇多糖作为已经投入临床使用的抗癌药物，亦能提高NKC的活性，激活巨噬细胞，在一定程度上抑制肿瘤细胞的生长。