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Review
. 2016;18(9):757-767.
doi: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i9.10.

Pharmacological Properties of Biocompounds from Spores of the Lingzhi or Reishi Medicinal Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum (Agaricomycetes): A Review

Carlos Ricardo Soccol  1 , Lucas Yamasaki Bissoqui  1 , Cristine Rodrigues  1 , Rosalia Rubel  2 , Sandra R B R Sella  3 , Fan Leifa  4 , Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe  1 , Vanete Thomaz Soccol  1
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Pharmacological Properties of Biocompounds from Spores of the Lingzhi or Reishi Medicinal Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum (Agaricomycetes): A Review

Carlos Ricardo Soccol et al. Int J Med Mushrooms. 2016.

Abstract

Ganoderma lucidum is a well-known representative of mushrooms that have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. New discoveries related to this medicinal mushroom and its biological properties are frequently reported. However, only recently have scientists started to pay special attention to G. lucidum spores. This is in part because of the recent development of methods for breaking the spore wall and extracting biocompounds from the spore. Although some research groups are working with G. lucidum spores, data in the literature are still limited, and the methods used have not been systematized. This review therefore describes the main advances in techniques for breaking the spore wall and extracting biocompounds from the spore. In addition, the major active components identified and their biological properties, such as neurological activity and antiaging and cell-protective effects, are investigated because these are of importance for potential drug development.

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