A detailed comparative study on chemical and bioactive properties of wild and cultivated Ganoderma lucidum from Serbia (GS) and China (GCN) was performed. This species was chosen because of their worldwide use as medicinal mushroom. Higher amounts of sugars were found in GS, while higher amounts of organic acids were recorded in GCN. Unsaturated fatty acids predominated over saturated fatty acids. GCN revealed ...
Mushrooms are widely appreciated for their organoleptic qualities, being also recognized as good sources of bioactive compounds that provide antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities. Polysaccharides (including glucans) are often pointed out as the most bioactive compounds isolated from mushrooms, but other molecules such as triterpenoids, might also be highlighted for their bioactivity. In scientific...
This present investigation was undertaken to study antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities ofdichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and methanol 80% extracts from Alnus rugosa L. aerial parts, as wellinvestigate the bio-active compounds of each extract. Antimicrobial activity of the mentioned extractsagainst various bacteria and fungi using microdilution method, and cytotoxicity against five differenthuman tumor cell l...
Agaricus bisporus (J. E. Lange) Emil J. Imbach and Agaricus brasiliensis Wasser, M. Didukh, Amazonas & Stamets are edible mushrooms. We chemically characterized these mushrooms for nutritional value, hydrophilic and lipophilic compounds. The antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of methanolic and ethanolic extracts were assessed. Hepatotoxicity was also evaluated. The ethanolic extract of both species was te...
Desert truffle, Tirmania pinoyi (Maire) Malençon from Libya was chemically characterized in nutritional value, primary and secondary metabolites. Antioxidant (scavenging activity, reducing power and inhibition of lipid peroxidation) and antibacterial activity of its methanolic extract alone and in combination with potassium metabisulfite (E224) were evaluated under in vitro conditions. Furthermore, the effect o...
Mushroom extracts or isolated compounds may be useful in the search of new potent antimicrobial agents. Herein, it is described the synthesis of protected (acetylated) glucuronide derivatives of p-hydroxybenzoic and cinnamic acids, two compounds identified in the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum. Their antimicrobial and demelanizing activities were evaluated and compared to the parent acids and G. lucidum e...
Mushrooms have been reported as sources of biomolecules with various potential. Coprinus comatus was studied to obtain information about this species, comparing cultivated and wild samples. Free sugars, fatty acids, tocopherols, organic acids and phenolic acids were analysed by chromatographic techniques coupled to different detectors. C. comatus methanolic extractwas tested for its antioxidant potential (reduc...
Mushrooms are widely appreciated all over the world for their nutritional properties, and also for their pharmacological value. They have been considered valuable health foods, being a source of many different bioactive compounds such as unsaturated fatty acids, tocopherols, organic acids and phenolic compounds. The present work reports and compares the nutritional value, bioactive compounds and antioxidant pro...
Boletus aereus Bull. is a bolete, an edible mushroom frequently consumed all over the globe as a delicate mushroom, especially in Serbia, Portugal, Basque Country, Navarre, France and Italy. As a member of the Boletaceae family, this mushroom has tubes and pores, instead of gills beneath its cap. B. aereus growing wild in Serbia was chemically characterized in nutritional value and individual compounds (sugars,...
Ganoderma lucidumis one of the most famous traditional medicinal mushrooms, being used as functional food and in preventive medicines [1 ]. p-Hydroxybenzoic and cinnamic acids were previously identified, by our research group, in wild G. lucidum from Northeast of Portugal [2].Many studies suggest that phenolic compounds are rapidly metabolized in the human organism being glucuronidation the most prevalent meta...
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