A recent comparative study highlights a key difference between wild-grown and lab-cultivated Inonotus obliquus (Chaga): the diversity and richness of their sterol profiles. Wild-harvested mycelia were found to contain significantly higher…

Nature remains one of the richest sources of pharmaceuticals, with over 20,000 microbial secondary metabolites identified to date. However, only a fraction of these compounds have made it into drug development pipelines.…