Abstract
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Highlights
Ganoderma species belong to the division Basidiomycota, class Homobasidiomycetes, order Aphyllophorales and family Polyporaceae (Alexopoulos et al, 1996; Wasser and Weis, 1999a)
The structures and molecular formulae of the eight pure compounds are shown on Table 1
Based on the literature available to us, this is the first report on the isolation, structural elucidation and bioactivity of compounds from the fruiting bodies of G. zonatum
Summary
Ganoderma species belong to the division Basidiomycota, class Homobasidiomycetes, order Aphyllophorales and family Polyporaceae (Alexopoulos et al, 1996; Wasser and Weis, 1999a). The bioactive compounds from them have been implicated for their high antioxidant, immune-regulatory and hypoglycemic activities They have been known for their antihydrogenic, antitumor, antihepatotoxic, antinocieptic, immunodulatory, cardiovascular, antibacterial and antiviral values (Chang and Buswell, 1996; Chang and Mshigeni, 2001). Basidiomycetes, called macromycetes, are among the many diverse organisms and are a major source of biologically active natural products (Liu, 2004). They provide a rich variety of active secondary metabolites (Turner, 1971). Quite a wide range of substances from higher basidiomycetes belonging to different classes of chemical compounds have been described and their biological properties evaluated (Lorenzen and Anke, 1998; Mizuno, 1999)
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