Cytotoxic activity induced by crude extracts of Ganoderma lucidum (W. Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. on mouse myeloma cancer cell-line

• Main Authors: Tong, Chow Chin, Choong, Yew Keong, Umar, Nor Aini, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin, Mohamed, Suhaila
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13852/1/Cytotoxic%20activity%20induced%20by%20crude%20extracts%20of%20Ganoderma%20lucidum.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13852/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Ganoderma lucidum powder using hot water and methanol extraction methods indicated a twofold more active cytotoxic activity with IC50 of 44 ± 3.8 μg/ml in the latter method. The representative dose-response curves of the G. lucidum crude extracts on J558 cell-lines revealed that there were great sim...