MEDICINAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF MUSHROOMS

Abstract

Medicinal mushrooms or their extracts are used or studied for possible treatments of diseases. Some mushroom constituents including polysaccharides, glycoproteins and proteoglycans, modulate immune system responses and inhibit tumor growth. In preliminary research, whereas various other species of mushrooms produce antiviral, antimicrobial, anticancer, antihyperglycemic, cardioprotective, antidiabetic properties, as well as antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory compounds