Why Wild Chaga is Medicinally Superior: A Closer Look at Sterol Composition in Inonotus obliquus
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 levels of bioactive sterols, such as lanosterol (45.47%) and inotodiol (25.36%), compounds linked to a wide range of health-supportive properties. In contrast, cultivated mycelia…