RT Journal Article ID 289606e22181629f A1 Welti, Stephane A1 Moreau, Pierre-Arthur A1 Azaroual, Nathalie A1 Lemoine, Amelie A1 Duhal, Nathalie A1 Kouach, Mostafa A1 Millet, Regis A1 Courtecuisse, Regis T1 Antiproliferative Activities of Methanolic Extracts from a Neotropical Ganoderma Species (Aphyllophoromycetideae): Identification and Characterization of a Novel Ganoderic Acid JF International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms JO IJM YR 2010 FD 2010-03-30 VO 12 IS 1 SP 17 OP 31 K1 medicinal mushrooms K1 Lingzhi mushroom K1 Caribbean species K1 Ganodermataceae K1 Ganoderma lucidum K1 Ganoderma tuberculosum K1 ganoderic acid FWI K1 PC-3 K1 MCF-7 K1 HT29 AB The present study aims to compare antiproliferative activities of different methanolic extracts from French-Antillean and Guianese species of Ganodermataceae Donk and two reference species: European G. lucidumand Asian "G. lucidum," on human prostate cancer (PC-3), human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), and human colon adenocarcinoma grade II HT29. We demonstrated that antiproliferative activity from European G. lucidum is similar to the "G. lucidum" traditionally used in Asian medicine except for HT29 cancer cells, where no activity has been demonstrated for the Asian species. We also show that some Neotropical Ganoderma such as Ganoderma aff. tuberculosum could also inhibit the growth of cancer cells as well as or better than "G. lucidum," which is used in traditional Asian Medicine and European G. lucidum. Standards GA A, GA DM, and GA F previously reported to have antiproliferative activities were not found in methanolic extracts of Ganoderma aff. tuberculosum. On the contrary, methanolic extracts of this species contains the same major, and at present undescribed, ganoderic acid FWI. Thus, although demonstrating no significant activity on PC3, MCF-7, and HT29, GA FWI remains interesting as a taxonomic marker for this species. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,7a925fcb5505d4dc,289606e22181629f.html