“…Ganoderma lucidum (Ling Zhi (in China) or Reishi (in Japan)), also known as “the fungus of immortality”, is recognized among most important traditional medicinal mushrooms and most powerful adaptogens present in nature, since it acts as a regulator of biological functions [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. The pharmacological properties of G. lucidum , such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiaging, immunomodulatory and antitumour activities [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ], are due to its peculiar chemical composition in bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, terpenoids, nucleotides, steroids, fatty acids, proteins and glycopeptides [ 8 , 9 ]. Based on that, G. lucidum was also reported to act as an adjuvant in the treatment of several diseases, i.e., anorexia, hypertension, insomnia and chronic hepatitis [ 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”