[#2010-20] Studies on Bioactive Substanc...

Studies on Bioactive Substances and Medicinal Effects of Reishi, Ganoderma lucidum in Japan Shizuoka University Takashi Mizuno REISHI, the fruiting body of Mannentake, Ganoderma lucidum has been known in Japan, China, and other countries as a food and raw material for the development of drugs. Recent studies have shown that the carcinistaticsubstance in REISHI is a polysaccharide, β-8-(1→3)-D-glucan. This polysaccharide seems to have promise as a new type of carcinostatic agent which might be useful in immunotherapy. Unlike chemicals used in chemotherapy, it has few...

[#2010-19] Effect of Ganoderma lucidum o...

Effect of Ganoderma lucidum on radioprotection in Mice Yeunhwa GU1,2,5, Takashi NAKAMURA6, Kwang-Ho CHO8,  Jung-Sook CHOI7, Toshihiro MAENAKA1, Yuka ITOKAWA1,  Takenori YAMASHITA1, Kaori TANO4,5, Ihil-Bong CHOI2,  Ki-Mun KANG3, Takeo HASEGAWA1, Masami OSHIMA1, Ikukatsu SUZUKI1, and Torao ISHIDA4,5 1Graduate School of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science 2Department of Radiation Oncology, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea 3Deptment of Therapeutic Radiology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences,...

[#2010-18] Inhibitory Effects of the Met...

Inhibitory Effects of the Methanol Extract of Ganoderma on Mosquito Allergy—Induced Itch-Associated Responses in Mice Tsugunobu Andoh’, Qun Zhang’, Takumi Yamamoto’, Manabu Tayama’, Masao Hattori2, Ken Tanaka³, and Yasushi Kuraishil ‘Department of Applied Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan 2Division of Metabolic Engineering, ³Division of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0914,...

[#2009-17] Reishi Zhang, Ruiping et al....

Ganoderma lucidum ( Reishi ) Protects Dopaminergic Neuron Degeneration Through Inhibition of Microglial Activation Ruiping Zhang, Shengli Xu, Yanning Cai, Ling Zhou, Xiaohong Zuo and Piu Chan Beijing Institute of Geriatrics and Department of Neurobiology and Neurology, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Diseases of Ministry of Education, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University,  China Abundant evidence has suggested that neuroinflammation participates in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The emerging evidence has supported that microglia may...

[#2006-08] Reishi: Pillai, Thulasi G. et...

Prevention of radiation-induced damages by aqueous extract of Ganoderma lucidum occurring in southern parts of India Thulasi G. Pillai1, Veena P. Salvi2, Dharmendra Kumar Maurya2,Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan Nair2 and K. K. Janardhanan1,* 1Amala Cancer Research Centre, Thrissur 680 555, India 2Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India Our previous studies have demonstrated that aqueous extract of Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) occurring in South India possessed significant antioxidant activity. The present study was...

[#2005-03] Maitake, Lull, Cristina et al...

Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulating Properties of Fungal Metabolites Cristina Lull,1 Harry J. Wichers,1 and Huub F. J. Savelkoul2 1Agrotechnology and Food Innovations, Wageningen University and Research Center, Bornsesteeg 59, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands 2Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG Wageningen, The Netherlands Received 22 December 2004; accepted 25 January 2005 We discuss current information on the ability of extracts and isolated metabolites from mushrooms such as Ganoderma lucidum...