Chemical Content and Cytotoxic Activity on Various Cancer Cell Lines of Chaga ( Inonotus obliquus ) Growing on Betula pendula and Betula pubescens

• Published in: Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 17; no. 8; p. 1013
• Main Authors: Raal, Ain, Kaldmäe, Hedi, Kütt, Karin, Jürimaa, Katrin, Silm, Maidu, Bleive, Uko, Aluvee, Alar, Adamson, Kalev, Vester, Marili, Erik, Mart, Koshovyi, Oleh, Nguyen, Khan Viet, Nguyen, Hoai Thi, Drenkhan, Rein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.08.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Antioxidants; Cells; Colon; Cytotoxicity; downy birch; Drug stores; Estonia; Ethanol; Fungi; glucans; inotodiol; Liver cancer; Pharmacy; Raw materials; silver birch; triterpenoids; Estonia; inotodiol; downy birch; triterpenoids; betulin; betulinic acid; silver birch; Estonia; glucans

Chaga mushroom ( ) is a pathogenic fungus that grows mostly on birch species ( Roth and Ehrh.) and has traditionally been used as an anticancer medicine. This study aimed to compare the chemical composition and cytotoxic activity of chagas growing on both spp. on various cancer cell lines. The freez...