Influence of the extracts isolated from Ganoderma lucidum mushroom on some microorganisms

Abstract

Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss.: Fr) Karst, a mushroom-like fungus is one of the most famous traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. It received wide popularity as a healthy food and medicine in the Far East for more than 2000 years because of its high medicinal value. One of very interesting aspects of G. lucidum's performance is antimicrobial effect due to the extracts derived from this mushroom, which contain bacteriolitic enzyme, lysozyme and acid protease. The effects of these extracts depend on their composition extraction mode and refining. Bioactive components isolated from several G. lucidum's strains showed different effects on the investigated microorganisms. In some cases, the influence was very intensive, with inhibitory or stimulating effect, while some of them did not show any influence on the investigated microorganisms.

Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss.: Fr) Karst je jedna od najvažnijih tradicionalnih kineskih gljiva. Prema pisanim podacima starim više od 2000 godina koristi se na Dalekom istoku kao zdrava hrana i lekovita gljiva. Jedan od vrlo interesantnih aspekata korišćenja gljive Ganoderma lucidum je i upotreba ove gljive kao antimikrobnog sredstva, zahvaljujući izolovanim ekstraktima koji sadrže bakteriolitičke enzime, lizozime i kisele proteaze. Efekti ovih ekstrakata zavise od njihovog sastava, načina ekstrakcije i prečišćavanja. Bioaktivne komponente izolovane iz nekoliko sojeva gljive Ganoderma lucidum pokazale su različite efekte na ispitivane mikroorganizme. U nekim slučajevima uticaj ekstrakata je bio vrlo intenzivan, inhibišući ili stimulišući, dok neki od njih nisu pokazali nikakav uticaj na ispitivane mikroorganizme.