A mechanistic and empirical review of antcins, a new class of phytosterols of formosan fungi origin

• Published in: Yàowu shi͡p︡in fenxi Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 38 - 59
• Main Authors: Senthil Kumar, K.J., Gokila Vani, M., Chen, Chieh-Yin, Hsiao, Wen-Wei, Li, Jing, Lin, Zhan-xi, Chu, Fang-Hua, Yen, Gow-Chin, Wang, Sheng-Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China (Republic : 1949- ) Elsevier Taiwan LLC 01.01.2020; Food and Drug Administration
• Subjects: Acids; Agaricales - chemistry; Aging; Alcohol; Analogs; Antcin; Antidiabetics; Antioxidants; Antrodia; Antrodia - chemistry; Antrodia cinnamomea; Antrodia salmonea; Benzenoids; Biological Products - chemistry; Biological Products - pharmacology; Biosynthesis; Cancer; chemistry; Derivatives; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Fungi; hepatoprotective effect; human diseases; Hypertension; Immunomodulation; Lignans; medicinal fungi; Metabolites; Methyl antcinate; Mushrooms; Nucleic acids; Organic chemistry; Oxidants; Oxidizing agents; Pathogens; Pharmacology; Phytochemicals; Phytosterols; Polysaccharides; Saccharides; Secondary metabolites; Signal transduction; Steroid hormones; Steroids; Steroids - chemistry; Steroids - pharmacology; Sterols; Succinic acid; Taiwan; Taiwanofungus camphoratus; Terpenes; therapeutics; Traditional medicine; Ubiquinol; Zhankuic acid; Taiwan; Methyl antcinate; Zhankuic acid; Antcin; Antrodia cinnamomea; Antrodia salmonea

Antcins are unique phytosterols isolated from A. cinnamomea and A. salmomea, which are the endemic fungus of Taiwan. A. cinnamomea has long been highly valued medicinal mushroom in Taiwan and traditionally used as a folk remedy for various human illness. Recent scientific explorations claimed that t...