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MEDICINAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF MUSHROOMS

Published On: October, 2021

Article Type: Review Article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1442

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

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