Ganoderma, also referred to as Lingzhi in Chinese, is the dried fruiting body of both (Leyss. Ex Fr.) Karst (Chizhi) and G. Zhao, Xu et Zhang (Zizhi) belonging to the family of Polyporaceae. Lingzhi has been recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopeia (2010) (Pharmacopoeia Committee of P. R. China in Pharmacopoeia of People’s Republic of China (I). Chemical Industry Publishers, Beijing, pp 174, 2010) as one of the most popular Chinese herbal medicines, and is frequently used as an ingredient in dietary supplements.
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Dong, C., & Han, Q. (2015). Ganoderma lucidum 灵芝 (Lingzhi, Ganoderma). In Dietary Chinese Herbs (pp. 759–766). Springer Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1_85
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