Secondary metabolites from higher fungi in Viet Nam: Discovery, chemodiversity, and bioactivity

Medicinal higher fungi such as Ganoderma, Phellinus and Hexagonia have been used as alternative medicinal remedies to promote health and longevity for people in Viet Nam and other regions of the world since ancient times. In this paper, roughly three groups of secondary metabolites derived from higher fungi reported in the past decade are overviewed.