Antinociceptive Activity of Agaricoglycerides Extracted from Mycelium of Ling Zhi or Reishi Medicinal Mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (W. Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. (Aphyllophoromycetideae)

作者：Han Chunchao^*

来源：International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 2010, 12(3): 273-278.

• medicinal mushrooms
• agaricoglycerides
• antinociceptive activity
• Ganoderma lucidum
• Ling Zhi or Reishi mushroom

The antinociceptive activity of agaricoglycerides extracted from mycelium of Ling Zhi or Reishi medicinal mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (AMG) was studied. The writhing test, formalin test, and hot-plate test, as well as the in vitro neurolysin inhibition assay, were respectively used to evaluate the antinociceptive activity of agaricoglycerides. The extracted agaricoglycerides inhibited acetic acid-induced abdominal constrictions in mice in a dose-dependent manner (P < .05). Both phases of response to the formalin test were also significantly inhibited (P < .05). The results from the hot-plate test showed that the extract significantly (P < .05) inhibited the reaction time to thermal stimuli at 30, 60, and 90 min after application. In the neurolysin inhibition assay, AMG showed strong activities against neurolysin (IC(50) = 100 nM). Our results indicate that if the same effects in humans or higher animals are shown, AMG may have potential applications as a component of analgesic food/feed and possibly even as a medicine.

• 出版日期2010
• 单位山东中医药大学