Medicinal mushrooms occurring in South India namely Ganoderma lucidum, Phellinus rimosus, Pleurotus florida and Pleurotus pulmonaris possessed profound antioxidant and antitumor activities. This indicated that these mushrooms would be valuable sources of antioxidant and antitumor compounds. Investigations also revealed that they had significant antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic activities. Thu...

This study was conducted at Horticulture Department of Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey during 2010-2011. Fresh sample of Ganoderma lucidum collected from Mersin province of Turkey was used as material. Volatile aroma compounds were performed by Headspace Gas Chromatography (HS-GC/MS). Alcohols, aldehydes, acids, phenol, L-Alanine, d-Alanine, 3Methyl, 2-Butanamine, 2-Propanamine were determin...

Applanoxidic acids and sterols, isolated from Ganoderma spp., were acetylated and/or methylated. The antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and the antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Trichophyton mentagrophytes of the derivatives were investigated by a microdilution method, and compared with those of the natural products. Both natural and modifie...

Introduction Linzhi (Ganoderma lucidum) is a well-known medicinal mushroom. This mushroom originated from China becomes the widely used supplementation worldwide. The active ingredient in the mushroom is mentioned for anti-oxidative, glucose controlling and anti-cancerous proliferative activities (1,2). In nephrology, the advantage of Linzhi on kidney is also mentioned. However, the evidence in...

A descriptive account of four polypore species collected from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Union Territory Chandigarh has been provided. Among these, Fomes dahlii Henn., Ganoderma tsunodae (Yasuda ex Lloyd) Sacc., Xanthoperenniporia maackiae (Bondartsev & Ljub.) B.K.Cui Xing, Ji are described as new to India tropicum (Jungh.) Bres., Pradesh Chandigarh.

background: the water-soluble extract of ganoderma lucidum (reishi) has been used as an immunomodulator to stimulate spleen cells proliferation and cytokine expression. objective: to investigate the effect of ganoderma lucidum (g. lucidum) on cytokine production by mice peritoneal macrophages. methods: mice peritoneal macrophages were prepared by intra-peritoneal injection of 5 ml cold pbs. per...

The effect of different cultivation methods on the content ganoderic acids 7 species, 10 strains Ganoderma genus (Ganoderma applanatum 1899; сarnosum 2502; lucidum 1904; resinaceum 2477, 2503; sinense 2516; tsugae 1848, 2024, 2566, oregonense 2560) fungi from IBK Mushroom Culture Collection M.G. Kholodny Institute Botany National Academy Sciences Ukraine was investigated. It has been shown that...

The aim of this work is to find out the effect granular bio fungicide formulations with active ingredient T. virens endophytes and obtain best biofungicide preparations control G. boninense improve quality oil palm seeds. research was conducted at experimental farm plant disease laboratories, Faculty Agriculture, University Riau from February 2017 September 2018. carried experimentally using a ...