“…Various aromatic hydrocarbons including caffeic acid, hydroxybenzaldehyde, hispidin, hispolon, and inotilone have also been characterized from the mycelium extracts and exhibited significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Recently, several articles reported the hepatoprotective and antihepatotoxic effects of the Phellinus genus [ 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. In our preliminary study, the ethanol extract of cultured mycelium of P. linteus (PLE) exhibited protective effect against hepatic fibrosis in experimental animals.…”