• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.1183-1188
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• 1998

This study was carried out to elucidate the immunomodulating activity of protein bound polysac charide extracted from Ganoderma lucidum(PSG). Macrophage drived reactive radicals were known as an effector for antimicrobial and anticancer functions. The promising immune response molecule, reactive oxygen intermediates(ROIs), was determined in TIB 71 cells with PSG at various experimental conditions. Treatment with 0.5mg PSG significantly increased the production of ROIs, superoxide anion as well as hydrogen peroxide, from TIB 71 cells(p<0.001). Under the same concentration, con siderable results were obtained from 24 hour cultivation with 106 cells at 5% CO2 incubator. The cells were trigged with PMA(5.3 M) after primed BCG(100 M) or IFN (100U) alone could not induce the production of ROIs, but it had a significant potentiating effect on ROIs secretion when the cells were treated with PSG.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.44-46
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• 2001

Rice hull was used as a additive in order to find the effect for incresing of mushroom growth and yield in Chungnam Provincial techinical institution. 1 Treatment of 80% rice hull in small Neutaribeosut mycelial grow duration is shorter about 11 days and yield increased about 7% than conventional culture. 2. In case of Chongpung Neutaribeosut bottle culture, mycelial growth duration is shorter about two to three days in additive of 30 to 80% rice hull compared to conventional but yield similar to conventional. 3. Treatment of 30% rice hull in Agrocybe aegerita bottle culture, mycelial growth and yield increased 6days and 6% than convrntional, respectively 4 Treatment additived of 30% to 40% rice hull in Ganoderma lucidum bottle culture, similar to 454ays demand in mycelial grow duration and 38g yield/bottle in conventioal culture methods.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.4193-4196
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• 2014

Lingzhi or Ganoderma lucidum is a popular medicinal mushroom used as a health promotion herb in China and other Asian countries for thousands of years. There have many previous studies about the anti-cancer effects of lingzhi especially in vitro. The present study reports the clinical data of 5 gynecologic cancer patients who achieved stability in the disease after ingestion of lingzhi in the form of fruit body water extract and spores in a salvage setting. This report has been written to enhance the data describing the effect of lingzhi in cancer patients.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.195-199
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• 1997

For the purpose of isolation and screening of tyrosinase inhibitory activity from edible mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus, Auricularia auricula-Judae, Umbilicaria esculenta, Agaricus bisporus, Flammuline velutipes, Lentinus edodes, Ganoderma lucidum, and Coriouls versicolor were examined by tracing inhibitory activities against tyrosinase, utilizing L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) as a substrate. Among the eight edible mushrooms tested, Umbilicaria esculenta showed potent enzyme inhibitory activities above 7804% against tyrosinase in ethylacetate (EtOAc) extracts. Ganoderma lucidum and Agaricus bisporus showed inhibitory activities of 67.3% and 51.5% in water extracts. EtOAc extracts of Umbilicaria esculenta was fractionated from silicagel column chromatography and one fraction showed the most inhibitory activity of 60.9%. The three bands (Rf=0.38, 0.27, 0.19) were isolated from preparative TLC of the fraction for purification and identified as mixtures of orsellinate, methyl orsellinate, methyl lecanorate, and methyl gyrophorate by high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultravisible spectrophotometer (UV), mass spectrophotometer (Mass), nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR).

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.145-148
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• 1990

Anticomplementary activity of 61 strains of Korean higher fungi was screened for immunostimulation. Extracts from 11 of 61 strains including 5 of Ganoderma lucidum, 3 of Lentinus edodes, 2 of Cordyceps sp. and 1 of Agaricus campestris, showed higher anticomplementary activity than krestin which was immunopotent extract from Japanese Coriolus versicolor. The most potent anticomplementary activity was found with extract from Lentinus edodes IY105 whose complement consumption was 31.7%.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.38-41
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• 1987

Neohaplonts were obtained to improve mushroom strain from dikaryon strains of Flammulina Velutips, Ganoderma lucidum, Lyophyllum ulmarium, Pleurotus cornucopiae and Pleurotus spodoleucus by protoplast reversion. The noehaplont frequency from reversion colonies of protoplasts was 4.47-47.7%. Four more types of morphological characteristics were detected from neohaplonts of protoplast reversion in L. ulmarium, P. cornucopiae and P. spodoleucus, but one or two types were neohaplonts in F.velutipes and G. lucidum. Growth rate of neohaplonts was slow compared with dikaryon strains.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.552-557
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• 1992

To study antibacterial activities of Ganoderma lucidum, its extract was fractionated by various organic solvents with different polarities and the fractions were purified by thin layer chromatography and silica gel column chromatography. The results of antibacterial test of the extracts showed that antimicrobial activities were detected in fractions B and E of the ethylacetate extract. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of fraction B to Staphylococcus aureus and to Salmonella typtimurium were 0.8% (8,000 ppm). MIC of fraction E to Staphylococcus aureus was 0.185% (1,875 ppm).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.726-731
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• 1999

It was discovered that ammonium phosphate in the medium played an important role in both growing mycelium and producing exopolysaccharides (EPS) from G. lucidum. In lower concentration levels of ammonium phosphate (0-3 g/l), an improved mycelial growth was observed by maintaining more filamentous morphology than in high concentrations (5-11 g/l). In addition, it was confirmed by comparing the factual dimension and frequency of the area regarding the mycelial pellets. This must be attributed to limitations of nutrient transfer by maintaining filamentous mycelium during the cultivation in a low ammonium phosphate containing medium. On the other hand, the best EPS production was observed in medium with the absence or low concentration of ammonium phosphate. The shear stress of the culture broth was greatly affected by the shear rate, as compared with that of the culture broth with high ammonium phosphate concentration. The rheological characteristics of the fermentation broth and filtrate worked well according to the Herschel-Bulkley model. It was also found that the morphological changes of the mycelium resulting from the ammonium phosphate concentration directly affected the rheological characteristics of the system and resulted in reversely affecting the EPS production levels. Based on these results, it can be concluded that delicate regulation of the ammonium phosphate concentration in the culture media should be provided in order to obtain optimal mycelial growth and/or EPS production.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.192-195
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• 2000

Degenerate primevs corresponding to the consensus sequences of the copper-binding regions in the N- and Cterminal domains of fungal laccases were used to isolate laccase gene-specific sequences froin a white rot rungus Ganodern~a lucidrm w-hich has been known to strengthen the imnnne system. A 1.6 Kbp fragment was amplified by PCR and its base sequence was detenuiued. Locating seven iutrous within the base sequence, we could deduce its amino acid sequence. The nucleotide sequence witl~out introlls was 47Y0 identical to that of lee1 gene of Pametes wllosa; lhe identity in amino acid sequences of the two was 7994 The deduced amino acid seqoence was also sunilar to those of Coriolus versicolo~ kc3 (79%); Co~,iolz~s hirsutus phenolouiduse (78%), Trainetes vel.srcoloi. lccl (77%), Trametes ~!i/Iosa Ice2 (77%) and Trametes vemicolor kc4 (66%).

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.203-212
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• 1993

To find antitumor components in the hot water extract of the cultured mycelia of Ganoderma lucidum, protein-bound polysaccharides were purified and fractionated (Fr. I-V) by DEAE-cellulose ion exchange column chromatography and Sepbarose CL-4B gel filtration. When a dose of 20 mg/kg/day of each was, i.p., injected into ICR mice, the inhibition ratios against the solid form of sarcoma 180 were $64.2{\sim}75.8%$. The antitumor component was examined for immunological activity. It increased the amount of superoxide anion released by induced macrophages in peritoneal cavity to 1.8 times and the count of hemolytic plaque-forming cells (PFC) was increased to 4.4 times as compared with those of the control group. It contained 68.6% polysaccharide which consisted of mannose, glucose, galactose, fucose and xylose and 5.1% protein consisting of 17 amino acids. The contents of hexosamine were 0.78%. The molecular weight of Fr. V that showed the highest antitumor activity was $5.8{\times}10^4$ dalton by Sepharose CL-4B gel filtration. It was named lucidan.