Antitumor and anti-inflammatory activities of polysaccharides isolated from Ganoderma lucidum

Fungi are an attractive source of physiologically functional foods and drug precur-sors, displaying a wide range of pharmacological activities such as anticancer, anti-in-flammatory, antitumor and immunomodulating effects (1). Antitumor polysaccharidessuch as krestin, lentinan and schizophyllan have been isolated from various fungi. Poly-saccharides from natural sources have diverse immunomodulatory activities both