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RESEARCH FOR STUDYING AND DEVELOPING METHOD FOR
EXTRACTING TRITERPENOID AND POLYSACCARIDE FROM

GANODERMA LUCIDUM

Sakdipat Nompitakcharoen, Thatchawin Leelawat, Wasawat Khaosutham
Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand
Supervisor: Janjira Maneesan
Email: sakdipat_n@kvis.ac.th

Lingzhi or Ganoderma lucidum is a fungus that were used in various medication
treatment from ancient times. Ganoderma lucidum contains triterpenoid and
polysaccharide which proof to be beneficial in curing several types of disease including
cancer. The triterpenoid and polysaccharide in Ganoderma lucidum can only be used
after being extracted. Therefore, an extraction method is needed in order to make use
of triterpenoid and polysaccharide in the much room. Moreover, the method must be
optimize, so it will be at the highest efficiency The common extraction practice is to
boil the mushroom and use ethanol to extract substance from Ganoderma lucidum. As
a result, we found that the optimal point in using this method is at 121-degree Celsius
heat temperature for 30 minutes from mushroom with 7 collecting time and 12 hours
of boiling. However, no polysaccharide was found in the product of this extraction
method.

Keywords: Triterpenoid, polysaccharide, Ganoderma lucidum