Phellinus Linteus Extract also known as Sang-Hwang Mushroom Extract, a medicinal fungi from Hymenochaetaceae family, as "Song gen" in China, "Sang-hwang" in Korea and "Mesimakobu" in Japan, are well known in the chronicles of the Oriental medicine.

Sang-Hwang Mushroom Extract (a kind of medicinal mushroom) have been used for chinese medicine, traditionally. The functional compounds in phellinus linteus have been highlighted recently, as these substances are able to lower cholesterolemia, modulate immune system, and inhibit tumoral growth.

Scientists found extracts of the medicinal fungi called Phellinus linteus boosts the effects of a particular anti cancer drug.

Researchers based at the Boston University School of Medicine in the USA studied extracts of Phellinus linteus. They tested its effects on prostate cancer cells and found that when it was combined with the common chemotherapy treatment doxorubicin it increased the number of prostate cancer cells killed by the drug.