title: Anti-inflammatory triterpenoids from mysterious mushroom Ganoderma lucidum and their potential possibility in modern medicine.
abstract: Ganoderma lucidum, a mushroom long used in the East for a broad range of disorders, contains numerous pharmacologically active compounds. Very important of them are highly oxygenated anti-inflammatory triterpenes, which are the aim of this mini-review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Purkynĕ Military Medical Academy, Hradec Králové. patocka@pmfhk.cz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patocka
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006801:Humans; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D014315:Triterpenes