No ke aha i ʻelemakule ai nā kānaka?ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o nā radical manuahi ke kumu nui o ka ʻelemakule.ʻO nā radical manuahi ka mea i kapa ʻia e ka poʻe i ka ʻōpala i hana ʻia e nā cell i ka wā o ke kaʻina metabolic, e hana ana i nā lipid peroxides i loko o nā biofilms, e hoʻololi ai i ka hoʻolālā cell a me ka hana, e alakaʻi ana i ka pōʻino i nā kino a me nā ʻiʻo.ʻO ka ʻelemakule, ka maʻi maʻi, ka maʻi cardiovascular, ka mumū a me nā maʻi autoimmune e pili ana i ka lipid peroxidation a me ka nui o ka hana radical manuahi.Ua hōʻike mai nā hoʻokolohuaʻO Ganoderma lucidumhe antioxidant a loaʻa iā ia nā hopena scavenging radical manuahi.I nā hoʻokolohua i nā ʻiole, ua hōʻoia ʻia e hiki i ka Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide ke hōʻemi i ka hanauna o nā radical manuahi i loko o nā macrophages peritoneal mouse, scavenge active oxygen free radicals, inhibit lipid peroxidation, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka helu ola ola a pāʻani i kahi hana anti-kahiko.[Ua koho ʻia ka kikokikona o kēia paukū mai ka "Talks about Lingzhi that Prolongs Life" i kākau ʻia e Wang Shoudong, Jiang Fan a me Wang Xiaoyun]

Nui nā hoʻokolohua i hōʻoia i kēlāʻO Reishi mushroomhiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka wehe ʻana i nā radical manuahi, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka noʻonoʻo a me ka hana o nā enzyme antioxidant like ʻole i loko o ke kino a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaulike ʻole ma waena o ka "oxidation" a me ka "antioxidation" inā ma kahi kūlana olakino a maʻi paha.ʻAʻole kēia hopena e wehewehe wale i ke kumu e hiki ai iā Ganoderma lucidum ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā ʻiʻo a me nā ʻōpū akā no ke kumu e lilo ai nā kiko makahiki i māmā a nalowale paha a no ke aha e ulu hou ai ka lauoho keʻokeʻo ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana.Lingzhino kekahi manawa.[Ua koho ʻia ka kikokikona ma kēia paukū mai "Lingzhi, Ingenious beyond Description" na Wu Tingyao, P206]