title: Biotechnological production and application of ganoderic acids.
abstract: Ganoderic acids (GAs), a kind of highly oxygenated lanostane-type triterpenoids, are important bioactive constituents of the famous medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum. They have received wide attention in recent years due to extraordinarily pharmacological functions. Submerged fermentation of G. lucidum is viewed as a promising technology for production of GAs, and substantial efforts have been devoted to process development for enhancing GA production in the last decade. This article reviews recent publication about fermentative production of GAs and their potential applications, especially the progresses toward manipulation of fermentation conditions and bioprocessing strategies are summarized. The biosynthetic pathway of GAs is also outlined.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong-Chuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Jun-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jian-Jiang
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D001709:Biotechnology; D006801:Humans; D007810:Lanosterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020940:Reishi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007810:Lanosterol