A Review on Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Medicinal as well as Poisonous Mushrooms

Mushrooms have been used as traditional medicine from last few decades. Mushrooms as higher Basidiomycetes contain secondary metabolites in fruit bodies, cultured mycelium, and cultured broth. Medicinal mushrooms possess medicinal properties such as anti-tumor, immunomodulating, antioxidant, cardiov...

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Published inMini reviews in medicinal chemistry Vol. 18; no. 13; p. 1095
Main Authors Sharma, Diksha, Singh, V P, Singh, N K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.01.2018
Subjects
anti-oxidant
Anti-cancer
poisonous mushrooms
medicinal mushrooms
anti-microbial
pharmacology
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Summary:Mushrooms have been used as traditional medicine from last few decades. Mushrooms as higher Basidiomycetes contain secondary metabolites in fruit bodies, cultured mycelium, and cultured broth. Medicinal mushrooms possess medicinal properties such as anti-tumor, immunomodulating, antioxidant, cardiovascular, anti-hypercholesterolemic, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, antifungal, detoxification, hepatoprotective, and anti-diabetic effects. Phase-I, II, and III clinical trials were studied on various biologically active compounds isolated from medicinal mushrooms and are used adequately to treat various diseases including cancer. The present review focuses on various edible, medicinal and poisonous species of mushrooms belong to genera; Auricularia, Cantherallus, Ganoderma, Pleurotus, Lentinus, Trametes (Coriolus), Tremella and Amanita along with their chemical composition, biologically active compounds isolated and their pharmacological potential.
ISSN:1875-5607
DOI:10.2174/1389557517666170927144119