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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Ganoderic acid A (GAA, CHO) is one of the most abundant and active components of Ganoderic acids (GAs). GAs are highly oxidized tetracyclic triterpenoid compounds mainly derived from Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst (Chinese: ). GAA is primarily isolated from the fruiting body of Ganoderma lucidum. Modern pharmacological investigations have established the broad pharmacological effects of GAA, highlighting its notable influence on managing various conditions, including inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. This review provides a comprehensive summary of GAA's pharmacological activities.
Material And Methods: The literature in this review were searched in PubMed and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) using the keywords "Ganoderic acid A″, "Pharmacology" and "Pharmacokinetics". The literature cited in this review dates from 2000 to 2024.
Results: According to the data, GAA exerts anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumor, neuropsychopharmacological, hepatoprotective, cardiovascular, renoprotective, and lung protective effects by regulating a variety of signal transduction pathways, such as nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB), Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT), Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-2 (Nrf2), phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and Notch. Given its promising pharmacological activity, GAA holds excellent potential for treating human diseases. The pharmacokinetic properties of GAA have also been reviewed, revealing low bioavailability but high absorption and elimination rates. In addition, network pharmacology and molecular docking analyses verified that GAA plays a role in multiple diseases through MAPK3, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), caspase-3 (CASP3), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG), and β-catenin (CTNNB1) signaling pathways.
Conclusion: GAA plays a pivotal role in various pathological and physiological processes, boasting broad application prospects. Furthermore, the network pharmacological results reveal the mechanisms of GAA in the treatment of multiple diseases. In the future, it is necessary to conduct further experiments to elucidate its specific mechanism of action, thus laying the foundation for the scientific utilization of GAA.
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