Antrodia cinnamomea

Antrodia cinnamomea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Antrodia
Species: A. cinnamomea
Binomial name
Antrodia cinnamomea
Chang & Chou (1995)

Antrodia cinnamomea is a fungus species .[1] It causes brown heart rot of aromatic tree Cinnamomum kanehirai. It is used in Taiwan medicine as a remedy for cancer, hypertension, and hangover.[2] Annual market is worth over $100 million (US) in Taiwan alone. Recently, the 32.15 Mb genome containing 9,254 genes was sequenced.[3]

References

  1. Chang, T.T.; Chou, W.N. (1995). "Antrodia cinnamomea sp. nov. on Cinnamomum kanehirai in Taiwan". Mycological Research. 99 (6): 756–758. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80541-8. ISSN 0953-7562.
  2. Liu, Y. W., et al. "Protective effects of Antrodia cinnamomea against liver injury." Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine 2.4 (2012): 284.
  3. Lu, MY.; Fan, WL.; Wang, WF.; Chen, T.; Tang, YC.; Chu, FH.; Chang, TT.; Wang, SY.; Li, MY.; Chen, Y. H.; Lin, Z. S.; Yang, K. J.; Chen, S. M.; Teng, Y. C.; Lin, Y. L.; Shaw, J. F.; Wang, T. F.; Li, W. H. (Oct 2014). "Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the medicinal fungus Antrodia cinnamomea for its metabolite biosynthesis and sexual development". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 111 (44): E4743–52. doi:10.1073/pnas.1417570111. PMID 25336756.

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