Antiviral and antibacterial activity from medicinal mushrooms

摘要

Compounds having unique antiviral and antibacterial properties are prepared from medicinal mushroom mycelium, extracts and derivatives. The compositions are derived from Fomitopsis, Piptoporus, Ganoderma, Inonotus, Trametes, Pleurotus, and blends of medicinal mushroom species and are useful in preventing and treating viruses including Poxyiridae and Orthopox viruses, flu viruses including bird flu (H5N1), SARS and Hepatitis C (HCV), as well as infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

主权项

1. A composition for restricting the growth, spread and survivability of a virus comprising an aqueous ethanol extract of a mycelium of a medicinal mushroom wherein the virus is selected from the group consisting of influenza, including influenza A H5N1 and H3N2 and influenza B, avian influenza and Herpes Simplex I and II, wherein the medicinal mushroom is Fomitopsis officinalis and wherein the extract has a selectivity index (SI=CC50/EC50) against the virus ≧10.