%0 Journal Article %A Ohiri, Reginald Chibueze %A Bassey, Essien Eka %D 2016 %I Begell House %K medicinal mushrooms, Ganoderma lucidum, essential oils, medicinal properties %N 4 %P 365-369 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i4.100 %T Gas Chromatography−Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Constituent Oil from Lingzhi or Reishi Medicinal Mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (Agaricomycetes), from Nigeria %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,4f8088b16a4cecb1,19b5b96c5f044ae3.html %V 18 %X Gas chromatography−mass spectrometry analysis of constituent oil from dried Ganoderma lucidum was carried out. Fresh G. lucidum obtained from its natural environment was thoroughly washed with distilled water and air-dried for 2 weeks and the component oils were extracted and analyzed. Four predominant components identified were pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-ester (retention time [RT] = 19.752 minutes; percentage total = 25.489), 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)- (RT = 21.629 minutes and 21.663 minutes; percentage total = 25.054), n-hexadecanoic acid (RT = 20.153 minutes; percentage total = 24.275), and 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)-, methyl ester (RT = 21.297 minutes; percentage total = 13.027). The two minor oils identified were 9,12-octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester, (E,E)- and octadecanoic acid, methyl ester (RT = 21.246 minutes and 21.503 minutes; percentage total = 7.057 and 5.097, respectively). %8 2016-07-12