Table 4.

Details of anti-parasitic activities of Ganoderma sp. parts and compounds.

Ganodermasp.	Extraction Solvent	Parts/compounds	Test Parasite	Method	LD50/IC50 value	References
Ganodermasp.	EtOAc&MeOH	Fruiting bodies(schisanlactone B(32), Ganodermalactone F(24), colossolactone E(6))	P. falciparum	Micro culture Radioisotope Technique	6.0–10.0 μM	(Lakornwong et al. 2014)
G. lucidum	EtOAc&MeOH	Fruiting bodies*	P. falciparum	Micro culture Radioisotope Technique	6.0-20μM	(Adams et al. 2010)
G. boninense	EtOH	Ganoboninketals A(75) Ganoboninketals B-C(16–17)	P. falciparum	DNA Fluorescence Signal Test	4.0, 7.9, and 1.7 μM	(Ma et al. 2014)
G. lucidum	EtOH	Crude extract	P. berghei	In Vivo Malarial activity		(Oluba et al. 2012)
G.lucidum	NG	Lectin	H. glycines	Parasite Mortality Test	(>10 mg/ml/2hrs,4.5 mg/ml/24hrs, 1.7 mg/ml/48hrs	(Zhao et al. 2009)
G. lucidum	NG	Lectin	D. dipsaci	Parasite Mortality Test	>10 mg/ml	(Zhao et al. 2009)

EtoAc: Ethyl Acetate; EtOH: ethanol; MeOH: Methanol; P. falciparum: Plasmodium falciparum; H. glycines: Heteroderaglycines; D. dipsaci: Ditylenchusdipsaci; NG: Data Not Given; μM: Micro Mole; mg/ml: milligram/millilitre; *(Ganodericacid DM(35), Ganoderic Acid TR 1(52),Ganoderic Aldehyde TR(37),23-Hydroxyganoderic Acid S(36), Ganoderic acid S(18), Ganodermanondiol(37), Ganofuran B(49)).