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Recent Progress in Pharmacological Activities of Polysaccharides from the Mycelia of Liquid-Cultured Ganoderma lucidum

TAO Ruyu1,2, HAO Limin1,2,*, CHEN Qiang1, JIA Shiru2,*, ZHANG Liming2, WANG Xu1   

  1. 1. Institute of Quartermaster Equipment, General Logistics Department of People’s Liberation Army, Beijing 100010, China;
    2. College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
  • Online:2015-05-15 Published:2015-05-11

Abstract:

Ganoderma lucidum is a mushroom widely used in China as a traditional Chinese medicine and healthy food
for thousands of years due to its promotion of longevity and health. Polysaccharides extracted from fruit bodies or liquidcultured
mycelia of G. lucidum have anti-tumor, immune-improving, liver-protecting, anti-oxidation, anti-fatigue, free
radical scavenging and anti-aging functions. In this paper, we provide a systematic review of studies on strain breeding
and culture medium and conditions optimization for the production of G. lucidum polysaccharides as well as their
pharmacological activities.

Key words: Ganoderma lucidum mycelia, liquid-state fermentation, Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides, pharmacological activity

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