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Mushrooms may help treat Viral infections - may be HIV

Mushrooms could be used to help treat diseases like hepatitis C and even HIV.

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The claim comes from experts taking part in the UK's Second Annual Congress on Mushroom Nutrition.

Scientists gathered at Middlesex University say that the tiredness caused by viral infections can be beaten with chemicals from fungi.

The university's Dr John Wilkinson said: "A lot of the components that are found in mushrooms and plants are anti-viral." So, in terms of treatment for viral infections they have great potential, because you are bombarding the organism with many different active molecules.

Research into the field is at an early but promising stage.

Mushrooms have been used in traditional herbal medicines in China and Japan for thousands of years, and Asian mushrooms are commonly used for pain relief and in treating diseases like arthritis.

Certain mushrooms also boost the immune system, and are given to transplant patients to reduce the chances of organ rejection - but little is known about the active ingredients in the fungi and how they work.