[#2019-04] Reishi Xie, Jinli et al. Gan...

Background: The effects of β-glucan on colitis mice are contradictory in previous reports. As a result, it is still unclear whether there is an anti-colitis effect in Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide (GLP), which is mainly composed of β-glucan. Moreover, the association between GLP function and gut microbiota remains to be elucidated. Objective: This study aimed to investigate whether GLP consumption improved rat dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis by regulating gut microbiota and altering colonic epithelial expression. Design: The disease activity index...

[#2019-02] Reishi Oluba, Olarewaju et al...

Bioactive components of Ganoderma lucidum has recently gained intense research attention due to their acclaimed nutritional and medicinal properties. Thus, the terpenoid extract from the fruit bodies of G. lucidum (GT) was evaluated for activity against Plasmodium berghei in mice in two separate experiments. In addition, the effects of the extract on erythrocyte and hepatic lipids as well as liver HMG-CoA reductase activity before and after the treatments were also assessed. Mice with established infection were administered 100 and 250 mg/kg/day GT alone and in...

[#2019-01] Reishi Liang, Zengenni et al....

Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide (GLP) extracted from Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. ex Fr.) Karst, a traditional Chinese medicine, is a biologically active substance reported to possess anti-oxidative, anti-apoptotic, and neurological protection. However, it is unknown whether GLP have any protective effect against high-fat constituents-induced epithelial cell injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the protection and molecular mechanism of GLP on injury induced by palmitic acid (PA) in the intestinal porcine epithelial cell line (IPEC-J2). First, we tested...

[#2017-08] Reishi Muhammad, Aslan et al....

Ganoderma lucidum, known as “Lingzhi” in China, is one among greatly regarded fungi around the world. In old Chinese encyclopedias of medical “Shen Nong’s Ben Cao Jing” and “Ben Cao Gang Mu”, it is rated as extraordinarily precious fungus. In this study, antidepressant activity of ethanol extract of Ganoderma lucidum has been assessed. The extract was given orally by gavage at the dose of 20 mg/kg, 75 mg/kg, and 130 mg/kg body weight. Fluoxetine (20 mg/kg p.o.) was used as the standard drug. The results of our study show that Ganoderma lucidum significantly...

[#2017-07] Reishi Cao, Fang-Ruie et al. ...

Ganoderic acid A (GAA), an active triterpenoid of the traditional Chinese herbal medicine Lingzhi, hasbeen reported to exhibit antinociceptive, antioxidative, and anti-cancer activities. The present study aimsto establish a sensitive and rapid UPLC–MS/MS method for studying the plasma and brain pharmacoki-netics of GAA in rats. The analytes were separated on a C18 column eluted with a gradient mobile phaseconsisting of acetonitrile and 0.1% aqueous formic acid at 0.3 mL/min. The eluate was monitored by amass detector using an MRM (m/z, 515.3-285.1) model in negative...

[#2017-06] Reishi, Vela Gurovic, Maria S...

Ganoderma lucidum (Lingzhi or Reishi) is a medicinal mushroom historically used in Asian countries to treat a wide variety of diseases and prolong life. In the last years, G. lucidum has been internationally recognized as an effective adjuvant in cancer treatment. Among active components, the most recent research indicates that polysaccharides modulate the immune response favoring the recovery from toxicity of chemo and radiotherapy while triterpenes are cytotoxic to tumoral cells mainly by altering gene expression. Beyond this body of evidence on the efficacy of G....