Medicinal mushrooms have become increasingly popular in recent years for their potential in disease prevention, especially in tumor inhibition. Antrodia camphorata is a well-known mushroom that has been used as an herbal medicine for centuries in Taiwan. This mushroom has been used in the treatment of various diseases; e.g., diarrhea, abdominal pain and hyperten- sion. Moreover, the pharmacological properties of A. camphorata, such as hepatoprotective properties and anti-tumor activities , have been stated and summarized. Generally, polysaccharides and triterpenoids are the major bioactive components in medicinal mushrooms, and the polysaccharides extracted from A. camphorata were found to have anti-hepatitis B surface antigen and anti-tumor effects