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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 108, Issue -, Pages 139-147Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.07.051
Keywords
Ganoderma lucidum; Nutritional composition; Phenolic and triterpenic acids; Bioactive ingredients; Cosmeceuticals
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- Foundation for Science and Technology and FEDER for CIMO [UID/AGR/00690/2013, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984]
- ERDF through POCI-COMPETE and FCT [NORTE-01-0145-FEDER000006]
- NORTE , under PT2020 through FERDF
- LB and R.M.C [SFRH/BPD/101413/2014]
- Spanish MINECO/FEDER [AGL2015-64522-C2-2-R]
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Ganoderma lucidum was characterized in terms of nutritional value and chemical composition. Thereafter, ethanolic Soxhlet extracts were evaluated for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antityrosinase, antimicrobial and cytotoxic effects, and further characterized in terms of phenolic acids, polysaccharides and triterpenoids. Finally, the obtained extracts were tested as cosmeceutical ingredients. G. lucidum proved to be a source of macronutrients and important bioactive compounds such as terpenoids, specially triterpenoids, and polysaccharides. In the extracts, ganoderic acids C2, A and H were the most abundant triterpenic acids and protocatechuic, p-hydroxibenzoic and syringic acids the identified phenolics. The developed cosmeceutical formulation preserved the extract bioactivities, presented a light yellow colour and a pH of 4.6, which is considered appropriate for cosmeceutical's design. Behind the important nutritional/bioactive composition of G. lucidum, a potential towards its valorisation in the field of cosmeceuticals is foreseeable, as deduced from the bioactivities of its ethanolic extract and preservation in the tested formulation. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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