“…The major pharmacological ingredients of mushrooms in the Ganoderma genus include Ganoderma polysaccharides and ganoderic acids, and in particular, it has been reported that Ganoderma polysaccharides have some special functions such as therapeutic effects on cancer 5 – 7 , obesity 8 , 9 , diabetes 10 , 11 , and pancreatitis 12 ; as well as pharmaceutical activity on immune modulation 13 – 17 , liver protection 4 , 18 , 19 , and vascular endothelial cell growth inhibition 20 , 21 . Especially, it has been reported that β-glucans in Ganoderma are closely related to health, for they can stimulate the immune response through cytotoxic or immunomodulatory mechanisms to enhance cellular immunity, and stimulate a variety of immune cells including macrophages 22 – 24 , neutrophils 25 , 26 , natural killer cells 27 , 28 and dendritic cells 29 , 30 .…”