Chemical Components of Ganoderma

Ting Gong; Renyi Yan; Jie Kang; Ruoyun Chen

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-9867-4_3

Chemical Components of Ganoderma

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019:1181:59-106. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-9867-4_3.

Authors

Ting Gong¹, Renyi Yan¹, Jie Kang¹, Ruoyun Chen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
² Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. rych@imm.ac.cn.

PMID: 31677140
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9867-4_3

Abstract

So far, more than 20 species of Ganoderma (Lingzhi) fungi have been studied, including G. lucidum, G. sinense, G. japonicum, G. capense, G. australe, G. tsugae, G. applanatum, G. tropicus, G. boniense, G. duropora, G. resinaceum, G. theaecolum, G. cochlear, G. atrum, G. formosanum, G. boninense, G. colossum, G. concinna, G. amboinense, G. pfeifferi, and G. orbiforme. Over 600 compounds were isolated and identified from the genus Ganoderma. The components in Ganoderma contained triterpenes, meroterpenoids, steroids, alkaloids, nucleosides, nucleobases, and polysaccharides, in which triterpenes were the main compounds, and more than 300 triterpenes obtained from it. With the use of new technology of separation and purification, the other types of compounds, such as meroterpenoids, alkaloids, nucleosides, and polysaccharides were reported in recent years. Herein, the structural classifications and characteristics and separation methods were summarized.

Keywords: Alkaloids and nucleosides; Ganoderma; Meroterpenoids; Polysaccharides; Steroids; Triterpenes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Chemistry Techniques, Analytical
Ganoderma* / chemistry
Phytochemicals / chemistry
Phytochemicals / isolation & purification

Substances

Phytochemicals