The antinociceptive activity of mycelial extract from fermented mushroom of Ganoderma lucidum Coprinus comatus and Grifola frondosa were studied in this paper. The writhing test, formalin test and hot-plate test were used to evaluate the antinociceptive activity of the acetone extracts of the three Species of Fungi of Basidiomycetes in the study respectively. The extract of Ganoderma lucidum in...

Medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum has been subjected to intensive scientific research since the 80s, showing the multiplicity of its possible medicinal uses. Nowadays, Ganoderma is artificially cultivated in more than 10 countries, being China the first one in relation to its major production, followed by Korea, Taiwan, Japan, USA, Malasya, Vietnam, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Also, its cultiva...

Tiger’s Milk mushroom has been used for medicinal purposes by local aborigines to treat asthma, breast cancer, cough, fever and food poisoning. Molecular phylogenetic analysis utilizing RNA polymerase II, second largest subunit (RPB2) gene, identified the wild Tiger’s Milk mushrooms collected from the state of Pahang in Malaysia for this study as Lignosus rhinocerus in the order Polyporales. Th...

background: acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of the childhood. its diagnosis is really challenging. a constellation of through history taking, physical examination, radiographic investigations, and laboratory analysis should be used to balance the risk of delayed operative intervention against the removal of a normal appendix. here a case with misdiagnosis of acute appen...

Mushroom intoxication due to Amanita proxima poisoning is characterized by moderate gastrointestinal symptoms, followed by severe acute renal failure and sometimes by hepatic cytolysis. This syndrome was described in the 1990s in the southeast of France; we report here the first pediatric case, requiring dialysis but achieving complete recovery. The mother of this 11-year-old boy, who had eaten...

OBJECTIVES Mushroom poisoning (MP) is one of the world's leading seasonal and regional health problems. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between clinical factors and outcomes of mushroom poisoning. METHODS The study was conducted in the emergency department. The patients who presented between January 1st, 1991 and December 31, 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS...