Hericium erinaceus powder: goods-in notes for a botanical raw material

Description

Powdered fruiting body of Hericium erinaceus arrives in a store as a milled biological raw material, not as one defined compound. Everything below is a note on identity, shelf conditions, carriage and the entries that keep a delivered batch traceable. See also our reagent-grade material: L-Tyrosine / L-Tyrosine /Tyrosine Purity ≥ 99% 100.

Identity of the material

The label describes a species and a plant part, and nothing narrower than that.

• Identity rests on the Latin binomial together with the part supplied — here the dried fruiting body, which is a different article from mycelium grown on grain.
• No CAS registry number is assigned, because a milled natural product is a multi-component mixture rather than a single substance.
• Every numeric parameter — particle size, loss on drying, ash, microbiological limits — comes from the supplier specification issued for the delivered lot.
• Colour, texture and aroma are noted at goods-in as a simple organoleptic fingerprint that later deliveries can be compared against.

Why the intake card differs from a synthetic reagent

A botanical article carries origin data that a synthesised solid never needs.

• Country and site of cultivation, plus the substrate used, belong on the card next to the harvest date.
• The drying route is recorded, because forced-air drying and open-air drying give materials that behave differently on a shelf.
• Sublots from separate harvests are never combined under one number; a blend is a new article with a new internal identifier.
• The supplier’s specification sheet is filed with the card and referenced by its own revision number.

Storage of a hygroscopic powder

Milled fungal material takes up water from the air faster than most crystalline reagents.

• Keep the powder double-bagged in an opaque outer container with the headspace pressed out before closing.
• A sachet of desiccant sits in the outer bag, not in contact with the material itself.
• Cool, dark and dry beats cold: a container moved between a chilled room and a warm laboratory collects condensation on its inner wall.
• Aromatic compounds migrate, so the article is stored away from solvents and scented reagents.

Carriage and packaging

Nothing exotic is required, but the packing has to survive rough handling.

• Primary bag inside a rigid box, with cushioning that will not shed fibres if the seal fails.
• Outer marking repeats the species name, the lot symbol and the net mass from the primary label.
• Parcels stay out of the sun during loading; a dark box on a warm bay reaches temperatures no shelf sees.

Records and retained sample

Traceability of a natural product depends on the batch chain, since no assay number defines it.

• The ledger row links the internal number to the supplier lot, the harvest date and the specification revision.
• A retained portion of every batch is sealed and shelved separately so that a later question can be answered from material, not from memory.
• Withdrawals are logged by mass and by date, and the running balance is reconciled at each stock count.

Related reagents

• L-Tyrosine / L-Tyrosine /Tyrosine Purity ≥ 99% 1000mg
• Pramiracetam czystość substancji ≥ 99% 1000mg.
• VIAGRA / Tadalafil Czystość ≥ 99% 1000mg.
• Oxiracetam / Oksiracetam, czystość ≥ 99%, 1000mg

References

Animal and in vitro studies indexed in PubMed; no human-use guidance is provided here.

• Brandalise F Hericium erinaceus in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond, How Far from the Shoreline? 2023, Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland). PMID 37233262
• Saitsu Y Improvement of cognitive functions by oral intake of Hericium erinaceus 2019, Biomedical research (Tokyo, Japan). PMID 31413233
• Szućko-Kociuba I Neurotrophic and Neuroprotective Effects of Hericium erinaceus 2023, International journal of molecular sciences. PMID 37958943
• Friedman M Chemistry, Nutrition, and Health-Promoting Properties of Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane) Mushroom Fruiting Bodies and Mycelia and Their Bioactive Compounds 2015, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. PMID 26244378

Material status. It is not a substance for human use. The material is not a veterinary product. Intended use: laboratory work and analytical determination by HPLC and GC-MS. Outside the category of medicinal and food products.