TY - JOUR
T1 - Medicinal mushrooms
T2 - Valuable biological resources of high exploitation potential
AU - Gargano, Maria Letizia
AU - van Griensven, Leo J.L.D.
AU - Isikhuemhen, Omoanghe S.
AU - Lindequist, Ulrike
AU - Venturella, Giuseppe
AU - Wasser, Solomon P.
AU - Zervakis, Georgios I.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Higher Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes mushrooms possess various immunological and anticancer properties. They also offer important health benefits and exhibit a broad spectrum of pharmacological activities including antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, cytotoxic, immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antiallergic, antidepressive, antihyperlipidemic, antidiabetic, digestive, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective, nephroprotective, osteoprotective, and hypotensive activities. This minireview summarizes the perspectives, recent advances, and major challenges of medicinal mushrooms with reference to their nutraceutical properties and dietary value, the production of mushroom biomass on various substrates, and the purification, characterization, and pharmaceutical effects of biologically active compounds from medicinal mushrooms.
AB - Higher Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes mushrooms possess various immunological and anticancer properties. They also offer important health benefits and exhibit a broad spectrum of pharmacological activities including antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, cytotoxic, immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antiallergic, antidepressive, antihyperlipidemic, antidiabetic, digestive, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective, nephroprotective, osteoprotective, and hypotensive activities. This minireview summarizes the perspectives, recent advances, and major challenges of medicinal mushrooms with reference to their nutraceutical properties and dietary value, the production of mushroom biomass on various substrates, and the purification, characterization, and pharmaceutical effects of biologically active compounds from medicinal mushrooms.
KW - active compounds
KW - dietary value
KW - fungal biomass
KW - Medicinal mushrooms
KW - mushrooms cultivation
KW - nutraceutical properties
U2 - 10.1080/11263504.2017.1301590
DO - 10.1080/11263504.2017.1301590
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017322350
VL - 151
SP - 548
EP - 565
JO - Plant Biosystems
JF - Plant Biosystems
SN - 1126-3504
IS - 3
ER -