Applied modern biotechnology for cultivation of Ganoderma and development of their products

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2012 Feb;93(3):941-63. doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3780-7. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

Abstract

A white-rot basidiomycete Ganoderma spp. has long been used as a medicinal mushroom in Asia, and it has an array of pharmacological properties for immunomodulatory activity. There have been many reports about the bioactive components and their pharmacological properties. In order to analyze the current status of Ganoderma products, the detailed process of cultivation of Ganoderma spp. and development of their products are restated in this review article. These include the breeding, cultivating, extracting bioactive component, and processing Ganoderma products, etc. This article will expand people's common knowledge on Ganoderma, and provide a beneficial reference for research and industrial production.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry
  • Agaricales / growth & development
  • Agaricales / metabolism
  • Asia
  • Biological Factors / isolation & purification
  • Biological Factors / metabolism*
  • Biological Factors / therapeutic use
  • Biotechnology / methods*
  • Ganoderma / chemistry
  • Ganoderma / growth & development*
  • Ganoderma / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Quality Control

Substances

  • Biological Factors