Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Mushrooms
Jingsong Zhang1, Na Feng2, Yangfang Liu2
1Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. syja16@saas.sh.cn.
Abstract:
Research progress of active compounds and biological activities of medicinal mushroom-Ganoderma spp., Hericium spp., Phellinus spp., and Cordyceps spp. were summarized systematically. The main active compounds of medicinal mushrooms included are polysaccharides, proteins, triterpenes, meroterpenoids, polyphenols and nitrogen-containing compounds. The biological activities of the compounds cover immunomodulatory activity, antitumor activity, hypoglycemic activity, hepatoprotective activity, and activity of regulation of intellectual flora.
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