Patent 7135183 was granted and assigned to Academia Sinica on November, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides medicinally active extracts and fractions, and a method for preparing the same by extracting and fractioning constituents from the tissue of plant components of Ganoderma lucidum. These active extracts and fractions are useful for inhibiting tumor growth, modulating immune response, and increasing hematopoietic activity.