Antioxidant Small Phenolic Ingredients in Inonotus obliquus (persoon) Pilat (Chaga)

Progress on Understanding the Anticancer Mechanisms of Medicinal Mushroom: Inonotus Obliquus

“…In response to these, I. obliquus has evolved a complex series of integrated defense systems. In recent years, more than 20 different kinds of bioactive components have been found in I. obliquus mainly including inooidiol the precursor of vitamin D2, betulinic acid, oxygenated triterpenes (Handa et al, 2010), superoxide dismutase (SOD), trametenolic acid, dextran, tannin compounds, steroids, alkaloid, lanosterol (Nakamura et al, 2009), lanoline alkane type three terpenes, lignin, melanin catechol (Zheng et al, 2009), folic acid derivatives, sheath ammonia fat analogs, mannitol, polyphenol, lanosterol (Wang et al, 2001), half the tannin compounds, aromatic substances (Zhao and Piao, 2006;Taji et al, 2008), β-glucan (Rhee et al, 2008), peptides (Hyun et al, 2006), polysaccharides (Cui et al, 2005;Zhang et al, 2007;Nakajima et al, 2007), polyphenols (Cui et al, 2005;Lee et al, 2007), triterpenoids, and steroids (Cui et al, 2005). Some components and their effects on tumor cell can be found in Table 1.…”

Chemical characterization and biological activity of Chaga (Inonotus obliquus), a medicinal “mushroom”

“…antioxidative (Nakajima et al 2007) and antiinflammatory (Kim et al 2007). Song et al (2007) found opposite results showing that its extract was both toxic and proinflammatory in macrophages in vitro.…”

Structural characterization and biological activities of a novel polysaccharide from <i>Phyllanthus emblica </i>

“…Ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) potential of PEPW80-1 was determined according to the modified method by Nakajima (31). Different concentrations (0.1-3.2 mg/mL) of PEPW80-1 was mixed with 2.5 mL of 0.2 M phosphate buffered saline (PBS) (pH 6.6) and 2.5 mL of 1% potassium ferricyanide (K 3 [Fe (CN) 6 ]).…”