Abstract
Background: A renewed focus on medicinal mushrooms has brought forth a sustainable health dimension. Conventional health strategies are insufficiently integrated with sustainable health promotion. The health-promoting outcome of mushrooms has fascinated many groups during the past few years because of various primary and secondary metabolites in different cellular components. They contain many bioactive metabolites, including proteins (cytokines, ergothioneine), fibers, moisture, carbohydrates (uronic acid), folate, thiamine, ascorbic acid, vitamin D, calcium, potassium, polysaccharides (G. lucidum polysaccharides, alpha and beta glucans, and lentinan) polyketides, polyphenols (Protocatechuic acid, inonoblins A–vanillic acid, phelligridins D, E, and G, hydroxybenzoic acid, gallic acid, tannic acid, hispidine, gentisic acid, and tocopherol), nucleotides (adenosine, cordycepin), lovastatin, steroids, alkaloids, and sesquiterpenes. Objective: This study was conducted to gather information on the current knowledge of medicinal mushrooms, with respect to their antioxidant properties. Conclusions: The results indicated that mushrooms are a promising source of natural antioxidants. Of all mushrooms, the Ganoderma tsugae Murill exhibited an excellent antioxidant potential of 93.7–100% at 20 mg/mL.
Highlights
Increasing awareness of functional foods has created a great impact worldwide
They are a good source of dietary components and have many biologically active compounds; they are labeled as medicinal mushrooms due to their numerous pharmacological activities [3]
The results revealed that it showed an excellent antioxidant activity to scavenge free radicals and possessed reducing power due to its phenolic content
Summary
Increasing awareness of functional foods has created a great impact worldwide. It is a health tradition to heal with fungi, i.e., mushrooms, which are known as medicinal mushrooms. A popular trend in eastern and western culture is to promote the beneficial health properties of mushrooms [1]. Mushrooms have been well known for centuries for their many medicinal properties [2]. They are a good source of dietary components and have many biologically active compounds; they are labeled as medicinal mushrooms due to their numerous pharmacological activities [3].
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