Abstract
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.
Keywords: Anti-cancer, anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, medicinal mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, pharmacology.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:A Review on Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Medicinal as well as Poisonous Mushrooms
Volume: 18 Issue: 13
Author(s): Diksha Sharma*, V. P. Singh and N. K. Singh
Affiliation:
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh,India
Keywords: Anti-cancer, anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, medicinal mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, pharmacology.
Abstract: 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.
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Sharma Diksha*, Singh P. V. and Singh K. N., A Review on Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Medicinal as well as Poisonous Mushrooms, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2018; 18 (13) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557517666170927144119
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557517666170927144119 |
Print ISSN 1389-5575 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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