Rejuvenating Consequence of Ganoderma lucidium on Cellular Integrity and Function of CCl4 Induced Liver of Mice

Introduction Ganoderma lucidum, an oriental fungus has a long history of use for promoting health and longevity in China, Japan, and other Asian countries. In China, G. lucidum is called lingzhi, whereas in Japan the name for the Ganodermataceae family is reishi. Ganoderma has a unique double walled basidiospore with a shining skin. Some of the active compounds identified in the cell wall of the mushrooms include protein bound polysaccharides or long chain glucose (Hsu et al., 2009; La Clair et al., 2011; Zhou et al., 2012). Most mushrooms ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 3 Number 5 (2014) pp. 142-147 http://www.ijcmas.com