Coixenolide

Coixenolide can be isolated from coix seeds, and exhibits anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and pain-reducing activities. Coixenolide stimulates the lung, heart, striated and smooth muscles at low doses, while inhibits at high doses. Coixenolide dilates pulmonary veins and improves pulmonary blood circulation. Coixenolide can also be used as nutraceuticals and functional foods. Coixenolide enhances the prodcutionof mycelia biomass and polysaccharides when added to the media of submerged culture of G. lucidum. Coixenolide affects the synthesis level of phosphoglucose isomerase and α-phosphoglucomutase[1][2].