Patent ID: 6767543
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A61K,C12N,C12P,C12R,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for obtaining a pharmacologically active composition from a culture of Antrodia camphorata, comprising:(a) preparing a first culture by inoculating a mycelial inoculum of an isolate of Antrodia camphorata into a medium suitable for the growth of said isolate; (b) cultivating the first culture from step (a) for a period of time; (c) harvesting a pharmacologically active solution by removing a major portion of insoluble substance from the cultivated culture of step (b); and (d) subjecting the solution obtained from step (c) to selective separation based on molecular weight, such that a pharmacologically active composition containing fungus-produced compounds having molecular weights of no more than about 10 kDa is obtained.