Medicinal fungi are beneficial to human health and it reduces the risk of chronic diseases.
Triterpenoids are polycyclic compounds derived from the straight-chain hydrocarbon …

The fruiting body of Ganoderma lucidum (Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. has been considered as a
panacea for all types of diseases as described 2000 years ago in Shen Nung's Herbal. The …

Covering: up to February 2020 Antrodia camphorata is a medicinal mushroom endemic to
Taiwan for the treatment of intoxication, liver injury, cancer, and inflammation. Owing to its …

Laetiporus species are brown rot fungi belonging to the order Polyporales in the division
Basidiomycota. These species produce a variety of metabolites and provide a great source …

Secondary metabolites of higher fungi (mushrooms) are an underexplored resource
compared to plant-derived secondary metabolites. An increasing interest in mushroom …

Fungi have traditionally been a very rewarding source of biologically active natural products,
while diterpenoids from fungi, such as the cyathane-type diterpenoids from Cyathus and …

Fungal meroterpenoids are secondary metabolites from mixed terpene-biosynthetic origins.
Their intriguing chemical structural diversification and complexity, potential bioactivities, and …

Marine-derived fungi are a significant source of pharmacologically active metabolites with
interesting structural properties, especially terpenoids with biological and chemical diversity …

Meroterpenoids are partially derived from the terpenoids, distributing widely in the plants,
animals and fungi. The complex structures and diverse bioactivities of meroterpenoids have …

Fungi are considered to be one of the wealthiest sources of bio-metabolites that can be
employed for yielding novel biomedical agents. Alternaria, including parasitic, saprophytic …