Phenologic variation of major triterpenoids in regular and white Antrodia cinnamomea

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Fig. 1

Morphology of 8-week old Antrodia…

Fig. 1

Morphology of 8-week old Antrodia cinnamomea on a 90 × 20 mm petri…

Fig. 1 Morphology of 8-week old Antrodia cinnamomea on a 90 × 20 mm petri dish with 50 ml of 50% MEA media. aA. cinnamomea strain B under dark condition (regular); bA. cinnamomea strain G under dark condition (naturally occurring white); cA. cinnamomea strain B under continuous blue light radiation (induced white); dA. cinnamomea strain B under 6-week blue light radiation and following 2-week dark condition

Fig. 2

Growth curves of Antrodia cinnamomea…

Fig. 2

Growth curves of Antrodia cinnamomea with dark treatment of strains B (red A.…

Fig. 2 Growth curves of Antrodia cinnamomea with dark treatment of strains B (red A. C.) and G (white A. C.) and blue-light treatment of strain B

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TLC analysis of ethyl acetate…

Fig. 3

TLC analysis of ethyl acetate extracts of 2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-week old…

Fig. 3 TLC analysis of ethyl acetate extracts of 2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-week old Antrodia cinnamomea. TLC plates were untreated, expressed under UV254, UV365, and Ehmann’s reagent staining from left to right. a regular A. cinnamomea; b naturally occurring white A. cinnamomea; c blue-light induced white A. cinnamomea. d TLC comparison of 8-week old A. cinnamomea strain B (B), strain G (G), and blue-light induced strain B (BB)

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HPLC profile of ethyl acetate…

Fig. 4

HPLC profile of ethyl acetate extract of 8-week old Antrodia cinnamomea strain B…

Fig. 4 HPLC profile of ethyl acetate extract of 8-week old Antrodia cinnamomea strain B under dark condition showing 10 major triterpenoids. 1 Antcin K; 2 Antcin C; 3 Zhankuic acid C; 4 Dehydrosulphurenic acid; 5 Zhankuic acid B; 6 Sulphurenic acid; 7 Zhankuic acid A; 8 Antcin A; 9 Dehydroeburicoic acid; 10 Eburicoic acid

Fig. 5

HPLC profile comparison of 8-week…

Fig. 5

HPLC profile comparison of 8-week old Antrodia cinnamomea strains B ( a ),…

Fig. 5 HPLC profile comparison of 8-week old Antrodia cinnamomea strains B (a), G (b) under dark condition and strain B under blue light radiation (c). Peaks numbered indicate the 10 major triterpenoids shown in Fig. 4