Lingzhi or Reishi Medicinal Mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (Agaricomycetes) Ameliorates Spatial Learning and Memory Deficits in Rats with Hypercholesterolemia and Alzheimer's Disease

• Main Authors: Rahman, Mohammad Azizur, Hossain, Shahdat, Abdullah, Noorlidah, Aminudin, Norhaniza
• Format: Article
• Published: Begell House 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25355/; https://doi.org/10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2020033383
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Hypercholesterolemia has been implicated as one of the pathomechanistic factors of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common neurodegenerative disorder affecting memory and learning abilities. In the present study, ameliorative effect of hot water extract (HWE) of mushroom Ganoderma lucidum to the m...