Title:Nutraceuticals, a Bridge Between Past and Future: Focus on Mushrooms
Biological Activities and Myco-Chemistry
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Author(s): Gitishree Das, Roberta Budriesi, Han-Seung Shin, Francesco Urso, Sankhadip Bose, Sabyasachi Banerjee, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez-Torres, Laura Beatrice Mattioli, Jayanta Kumar Patra*Matteo Micucci*
Affiliation:
- Research Institute of Integrative Life Sciences, Dongguk University-Seoul, Goyangsi 10326, Republic of Korea
- Department
of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo," 61029, Urbino, Italy
Keywords:
Antimicrobial, antiviral, anticancer, medicinal mushrooms, respiratory diseases, pharmacological potential.
Abstract:
Background: Mushrooms are consumed worldwide due to their high nutritional and
nutraceutical values. In addition to the presence of various vitamins, low-fat, and proteins, they are
also an important source of trace elements, dietary fibers, and bioactive compounds. Their potential
therapeutic properties are due to their multiple biological effects, such as antimicrobial, antiviral, antioxidant,
anticancer, immune-modulating, cardioprotective, and antidiabetic properties. The global
market of mushroom farming is anticipated to witness remarkable progress for its potential application
in health products, profitable production and a rising demand for the healthy foods across the globe.
The Asia Pacific marketplace seems to represent the major market of mushrooms, due to the higher
per capita consumption of culinary and medical purposes.
Objective: Mushrooms have generally low calories, low levels of cholesterol, fats, gluten and sodium.
Several biological effects of mushroom are due to the presence of phenolic components, polysaccharides,
terpenoids, terphenyl-related compounds, and many other lower molecular weight molecules.
This review aims at describing the chemical characterization of several mushrooms species and their
biological effects.
Conclusion: The current review describes different secondary metabolites found in several mushrooms
and mushrooms extracts, and the molecular mechanisms underlying the biological activities.
Also the antimicrobial activities of mushrooms, mushrooms extracts and isolated compounds from
mushrooms were described.
The description of these activities, related to the presence of specific classes of secondary metabolites
and isolated compounds, may lead to the identification of mycomplexes and mushrooms compounds
that may be further studied for their potential application in nutraceutical products.