“…In recent years, numerous studies have demonstrated that polysaccharides isolated from P. pini and P. igniarius displayed antioxidant and antitumor activities (Jiang, Yuan, Cai, Jiao, & Zhang, ; Li, Yang, Ma, Yan, & Guo, ; Liu et al, ; Yuan et al, ). G. adspersum , G. lucidum, and G. applanatum belongs to Ganoderma species, which is considered as an important source of bioactive compounds in worldwide (Ferreira et al, ; Tel‐Çayan et al, ). Antioxidant, cytotoxic, antitumor, neurological, antimicrobial effects of G. lucidum polysaccharides, and antioxidant, antitumor effects of G. applanatum polysaccharides have been reported (Cör, Knez, & Hrnčič, ; Ferreira et al, ).…”