Connection of Ganoderma Lucidum with Health

Ganoderma lucidum

Ganoderma lucidum: A Potent Medicinal Mushroom with Numerous Health Benefits

A number of plant based traditional system of medicines have been in use in India and also in many parts of the world for ages. Before the advent of modern medicine, the traditional systems of medicine were playing a central role in healthcare. According to an estimate, majority of the world population, especially in the developing countries, still depend on herbal products for their primary he...

Molecular identification of Ganoderma lucidum from Iran

Medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum has been used in East Asia for centuries in order to prevent and treat a variety of diseases such as hepatitis, immunological disorders and cancers. In fact, this fungus contains a vast source of polysaccharides, proteins and secondary metabolites with anti-tumor and immuno-modulatory properties. Up to now, a variety of drug metabolites extracted from G. luc...

Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma neo-japonicum and Grifola frondosa towards rat

Therapeutic potential of Ganoderma lucidum (Fr.)

Mushrooms represent a major and untapped source of potent new pharmaceutical products. The antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antinociceptive, antimutagenic, anticarcinogenic, antitumour, hepatoprotective, nephroprotective and cardioprotective activities of the methanolic extract of Ganoderma lucidum (Fr.) P. Karst. collected from tropical South India were evaluated for the revalidation of its util...