Ganoderma lucidum Fruiting Body Powdered Extract 

DEFINITION

The article is prepared from the dried fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis: Fr.) P. Karst. (Family Ganodermataceae) by sequential extraction, first with alcohol and then with water. The ratio of starting crude plant material to Powdered Extract is 10:1. It contains NLT 90.0% and NMT 110.0% of the labeled amount of triterpenoic acids, calculated as the sum of ganoderenic acid C, ganoderic acid C₂, ganoderic acid G, ganoderenic acid B, ganoderic acid B, ganoderic acid A, ganoderic acid H, ganoderenic acid D, ganoderic acid D, and ganoderic acid F; on the dried basis. It may contain suitable added substances as carriers.