Sajjad Ahmadi-Renani
1, Mahdi Fasihi-Ramandi
2, Kazem Ahmadi
2*1 Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Molecular Biology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Inflammation is a complex process and part of the host immune defense against invading micro-organism or trauma. Over production of some pro-inflammatory mediators can lead to chronic diseases of the inflammatory origin. Medicinal Plants which are used as anti-inflammatory agents, mainly act affecting various stages of the process of inflammation. In general they can inhibit formation of a wide of mediators such as cytokines by immune cells to prevent the inflammatory reaction cascade from starting. The use of most of the medicinal plants in treatment of chronic disease of the inflammatory origin is based on clinical and pharmacological trials. Meanwhile, the use of most of them is based on their longstanding traditional use in folk medicine. In this review, we report some of anti-inflammatory effects of G. lucidum as an ancient Chinese herbal medicine.
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Ganoderma lucidum seems to be useful as an anti-inflammatory medicinal plant. Therefore, more preclinical and clinical studies are recommended to elucidate its beneficial and risk effects in different conditions.
Please cite this paper as: Ahmadi-Renani S, Fasihi-Ramandi M, Ahmadi K. Ganoderma lucidum: A promising anti-inflammatory medicinal plant. J Herbmed Pharmacol. 2014; 3(1): 67-68.