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...

Radiation therapy is one of the most important strategies in cancer treatment with irreplaceable advantages. However, it should not be overlooked that the immune damage caused by radiation therapy, which means that radiation therapy could lead to the immune function lessening and immune organ damage (Hu et al., 1988; Uh et al., 1994). The immune system damage could further weaken the immune fun...

Grifola frondosa, a type of food and medical fungus, has been shown to exhibit various pharmacological activities, including anticancer effects. As the most typical cancer diagnosed among female patients, breast cancer remains a huge concern threatening human health globally. In the present study, the anti-breast cancer effects of Grifola frondosa polysaccharides (GFPs) and the underlying mecha...

A polysaccharide, designated as the D-fraction, extracted from maitake (Grifola frondosa), was reported to have anti-tumor effects by activating macrophages and T cells in C3H/HeN mice in which a Th-1 dominant response was established. In this study using BALB/c mice in which a Th-2 response is genetically dominant, D-fraction reduced the expression of Th-2 cytokine interleukin (IL)-4 but marke...

Five groups of polysaccharides were prepared from mycelium extract and top and bottom fraction of filtrate precipitates by submerged culture of Grifola frondosa at two different media (glucose and PMP medium) and their individual biological activities were studied. These polysaccharides had diverse molecular mass (470–1650 kDa) and different biological activities at the concentrations of 0.01–0...