Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
A–B. The brightly coloured kidney shaped basidiocarp of Ganoderma lucidum species, in the wild (A: Copyright © zaca) and in cultivation (B). C.G. lingzhi produces a wealth of active secondary metabolites including hundreds of ganodermic acids. Ganoderic acids A and H have been shown to suppress the growth and spread of breast cancer (Jiang et al. 2008). Ganoderic acid T has been shown to induce mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in lung cancer cells (Tang et al. 2006).
