Therapeutical Properties of Bioactive Compounds Extracted from <i>Ganoderma lucidum</i> Species on Acute and Chronic Diseases

Abstract Ganoderma lucidum or Reishi is a medicinal mushroom of significant importance that being used for the prevention and treatment various diseases, due to its numerous pharmacological therapeutic properties. The Ganodermataceae family diverse, but focus on species because specific biologically active macromolecules such as polysaccharides, triterpenoids, steroids, phenolic compounds, lactones, fatty acids were isolated from mycelia fruiting bodies. have many benefits over immune system (promoting health) properties as: anti-tumoral, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-viral, anti-bacterial antioxidant. Based literature, triterpenoids polysaccharides are most abundant compounds possess anti-diabetic, hepatoprotective, cytotoxic anti-hypertensive effects. A review literature showed there very few papers studied semisolid dosage forms preparations based extract been damaged skin neither enough studies anti-aging