Medicinal Mushroom Clinical Research, News and Recipes
Medicinal Mushrooms Clinical Research, News and Recipes
Lion’s mane mushrooms usually look like white pom-poms and have culinary, as well as medicinal, applications. They are extensively used in Asian countries such as Korea, Japan, India, and China. The demand for these mushrooms is growing quickly since it has several applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. Now, lion’s mane mushrooms are […]
Continue ReadingChronic low-grade inflammation in the adipose tissue accompanying obesity is thought to be an underlying driver of metabolic diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of Hericium erinaceus on adipose tissue inflammation. The anti-inflammatory effects of the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of H. erinaceus (EAHE) were examined using cocultures of 3T3-L1 adipocytes […]
Continue ReadingBackground The medicinal mushroom Trametes versicolor (Tv, Turkey Tail) is often prepared for consumption as a powder from the fungal mycelium and the fermented substrate on which it grew. The goal for this study was to evaluate the immune-modulating properties of the mycelium versus the fermented substrate, to document whether an important part of the immune-activating effects […]
Continue ReadingAbstract Cultivated fruiting body of Grifola frondosa is a culinary and medicinal mushroom. In this study, we investigated its functional food value. Extracts of its fruiting body afforded known compounds, glycerides (1 and 2), sterols (3–5), a glucosylceramide (6), a α-glucose dimer (7), a phospholipid (8) and α-glucans as elucidated by spectroscopic methods. This is the first report of […]
Continue ReadingAbstract For hundreds of years mushrooms have been used as functional food for health. The basidiomycete Agaricus brasiliensis (A. brasiliensis) is famous for the medicinal properties of its beta glucans and of its antioxidants. Most researchers have studied polysaccharides from A. brasiliensis for their anti-inflammatory activity. However, active compounds from this mushroom have not yet been studied for the […]
Continue ReadingAbstract The medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill from the Brazilian rain forest has been used in traditional medicine and as health food for the prevention of a range of diseases, including infection, allergy, and cancer. Other scientists and we have examined whether there is scientific evidence behind such postulations. Agaricus blazei M is rich in the immunomodulating polysaccharides, β-glucans, and […]
Continue ReadingAbstract Since the 1980s, medicinal effects have been documented in scientific studies with the related Basidiomycota mushrooms Agaricus blazei Murill (AbM), Hericium erinaceus (HE) and Grifola frondosa (GF) from Brazilian and Eastern traditional medicine. Special focus has been on their antitumor effects, but the mushrooms’ anti-inflammatory and antiallergic properties have also been investigated. The antitumor mechanisms were either direct tumor attack, e.g., […]
Continue ReadingAbstract Since the 1980s, medicinal effects have been documented in scientific studies with the related Basidiomycota mushrooms Agaricus blazei Murill (AbM), Hericium erinaceus (HE) and Grifola frondosa (GF) from Brazilian and Eastern traditional medicine. Special focus has been on their antitumor effects, but the mushrooms’ anti-inflammatory and antiallergic properties have also been investigated. The antitumor mechanisms were either direct tumor attack, e.g., apoptosis […]
Continue ReadingHighlights Fourteen lanostane triterpenoids were identified from the sclerotia of edible fungus Poria cocos. Four new lanostane triterpenoids (1–4) were structurally elucidated. Compounds 8 and 13 were isolated for the first time from P. cocos. Compounds 1, 2, 6, 12, and 14 inhibited NO production in LPS-activated RAW264.7 macrophages. The mechanism of action for the most active compound 14 was examined. Abstract Poria cocos Wolf confers large, edible sclerotia, known as ‘Indian bread’ in […]
Continue ReadingAbstract Poria cocos (Polyporaceae) is a saprophytic fungus that grows in diverse species of Pinus. Its sclerotium, called fu-ling or hoelen, is used in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine for its diuretic, sedative, and tonic effects. Various studies of this fungus have demonstrated its marked anti-inflammatory activity in different experimental models of acute and chronic […]
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