| Abstract: | We have investigated the effects on mice treated with Ganoderma lucidum (GI) when the whole body was exposed to 400 rad γ-irradiation. The mice were divided into five groups. Group A was the normal control; group B, the experimental control, was treated with GI; group C was the radiation control (RT); group D was treated with RT and GI; group E was treated with GI, RT and GI. The results revealed that the relative spleen weight had increased significantly in groups B and E on day 7 and increased in all experimental groups on day 28 after irradiation. The leukocyte counts decreased obviously in groups C, D and E on day 7, and recovered in groups D and E was faster than that in group C on day 28. The blastogenic response of splenocytes to LPS, Con A and PHA in groups administered GI were higher than that in group C on days 7 and 28. Therefore, GI seemed to assist the recovery of cellular immunocompetence in γ-irradiated mice. |
