However, induction of apoptosis
was not the only reported cell death mechanism by triterpenoids
from Ganoderma lucidum and multiple cell death mechanisms were
proposed. A triterpenoid extract (0.25 mg/mL) was reported to
induce autophagic cell death in HT-29 human colon carcinoma
cells with increasing levels of autophagic markers Beclin-1 and