Publications by authors named "Wee Cheat Tan"
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- Ganoderma neo-japonicum is a medicinal mushroom from Malaysia, traditionally used by the Temuan tribe for fever, epilepsy, and enhancing strength.
- Research using comet assays indicates that this mushroom may protect DNA and promote repair, particularly with its ethanol extracts.
- The study found that wild and cultivated ethanol extracts were most effective against oxidative damage in macrophages, suggesting G. neo-japonicum has therapeutic potential for genome protection and DNA repair.
Mushroom cultivation benefits humankind as it deliberately encourages wild mushrooms to be commercially propagated while recycling agricultural wastes. Ganoderma neo-japonicum is a rare polypore mushroom found growing on decaying Schizostachyum brachycladium (a tropical bamboo) clumps in Malaysia. The Malaysian indigenous tribes including the Temuans and Temiars use the basidiocarps of G.
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