Main components and efficacy of Ganoderma lucidum extract

Lingzhi mushroom also known as the Swiss grass, Muzhi, Fuji and so on, the Japanese known as the 10,000 years of velvet, for the whole plant of the family of Poromycetes Ganoderma or Lingzhi mushroom. Lingzhi mushroom was first published as a medicine in the Han dynasty in the Shennong Ben Cao Jing. Ancient medical experts believed that Lingzhi mushroom could cure many diseases and was a valuable medicine for strengthening the body. Ganoderma lucidum sweet, flat, into the heart, lungs, liver, kidney. Efficacy of spirit, strong tendons and lecherous, tonifying the kidney and ear, eliminating wind and removing arthralgia. Main chemical book for fatigue, fatigue, na little, cough, asthma, insomnia and other symptoms. GANODERMALUCIDUMK. GANODERMALUCIDUMK. The product is made from the mycelium and contains ergosterol, fungal lysozyme, trehalose, coumarin and other chemical components. Commercial extracts are usually standardized to ganoderma acid or ganoderma polysaccharide.Ganoderma lucidum contains complex chemical components, including the following categories:

1. Polysaccharides: Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides and monosaccharide composition has been determined more than 60 kinds.

2. Amino acids: the types of amino acids in Lingzhi mushroom and Ganoderma lucidum are similar, but their contents are different, amino acids include L-Aspartic Acid, glutamate, arginine, lysine, ornithine, proline, alanine, glycine, serine, threonine, tyrosine, Valine, Leucine, L-Phenylalanine, L-Isoleucine, hydroxyproline, histidine, methionine, and found sulfur-containing amino acids in Lingzhi mushroom spores.

3. Micronutrient: organic germanium as main active ingredient. The content of organic germanium is 4-6 times of that of Panax ginseng, and it is a powerful immunoenhancer.

4. Alkaloids: Ganoderma lucidum contains relatively low levels of alkaloids. The alkaloids isolated from Lingzhi mushroom spore powder and Ganoderma lucidum are choline, betaine and their salts, Ganoine, Ganodine and niacin.

5. Triterpenoids: Terpenes are one of Lingzhi Mushroom's main constituents, many of which are biologically active. It has been reported that Ganoderma lucidum A, B, C, D can inhibit the release of histamine from muscle cells of mice. Ganoderma lucidum F has strong Angiotensinogen activity. Lingzhi mushroom sporic acid a reduced the elevation of transaminase induced by CCL 4 and galactosamine and Propionibacterium in mice. 

6. Adenosine: Ganoderma lucidum adenosine nucleoside and purine as the basic structure of the material. Is one of the main components of Ganoderma lucidum. Ganoderma purine, adenine, adenine nucleoside, uracil, uracil nucleoside and so on. Adenosine has the function of anticoagulation and depolymerization.

7. Oil: stearic acid, arachidonic acid, dodecanoic acid and so on.

8. Sterols: Ganoderma lucidum in the higher content of sterols, ergosterol content alone is about 3/1000. There are about 20 known sterols in the chemical book from Ganoderma lucidum, and their skeletons are divided into two types, ergosterol and cholesterol. In the extraction and separation of sterols, the raw materials were extracted by ethanol, then by ether, then by NaHCO3 aqueous solution, the acidic part was removed, and the sterols were separated by silica gel column chromatography, there are few reports on the physiological activities of sterols. The main active ingredients are terpenes and polysaccharides.

Ganoderma lucidum extract has the function of anti-aging and regulating metabolism balance. The polysaccharide and polypeptide can enhance the resistance to disease and promote the synthesis of DNA in the cell nucleus, thus delaying senescence. In addition, it can effectively lower the levels of serum lipids, lipoprotein and triglyceride, soften blood vessels, increase coronary blood flow, protect myocardial ischemia, and prevent and treat coronary heart disease