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Medicinal Mushrooms in Guatemala
International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 2016Guatemala, located in Central America, has a long and rich history in the traditional use of edible, medicinal, and hallucinogenic mushrooms. This article describes the use of these mushrooms and presents studies on the scientific validation of native and foreign species.
Yvonne, Sommerkamp +2 more
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Folia Microbiologica, 1994
Fungi have played an important role as food, medicine, poison and for religious and other purposes in the life of man since prehistoric times. The role in medicine of higher (macro-)fungi in different countries from early historic times through the Middle Ages until now and also their prospective use in the future is described.
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Fungi have played an important role as food, medicine, poison and for religious and other purposes in the life of man since prehistoric times. The role in medicine of higher (macro-)fungi in different countries from early historic times through the Middle Ages until now and also their prospective use in the future is described.
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Medicinal components in Termitomyces mushrooms
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018Termitomyces is a genus of edible mushrooms commonly consumed in Africa and Asia among the mushrooms collected from the wild. Termitomyces mushrooms grow as symbionts in the termite nests, where they produce various enzymes to help termites digest lignocellulosic substrates.
Huei-Mei, Hsieh, Yu-Ming, Ju
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Medicinal mushrooms: Clinical perspective and challenges
Drug Discovery Today, 2022Mushrooms are valued by humans worldwide as food, but also for their medicinal properties. Over 130 medicinal effects of mushrooms have been reported, including anti-diabetic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, prebiotic, immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular benefits.
Sujogya Kumar, Panda, Walter, Luyten
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A Medicinal Mushroom: Phellinus Linteus
Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2008Phellinus Linteus (Berkeley & M. A. Curtis) Teng (PL) is a medicinal mushroom that has been practiced in oriental countries for centuries to prevent ailments as diverse as gastroenteric dysfunction, diarrhea, haemorrhage and cancers. In an effort to translate the Asian traditional medicines into western-accepted therapies, scientists have demonstrated ...
Tongbo, Zhu +2 more
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Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Mushrooms
2022Research progress of active compounds and biological activities of medicinal mushroom-Ganoderma spp., Hericium spp., Phellinus spp., and Cordyceps spp. were summarized systematically. The main active compounds of medicinal mushrooms included are polysaccharides, proteins, triterpenes, meroterpenoids, polyphenols and nitrogen-containing compounds.
Jingsong, Zhang +6 more
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Downstream Processing of Medicinal Mushroom Products
2022Medicinal mushrooms are higher fungi that consist of ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and imperfect fungi. They have been long used as tonic and traditional medicine in East Asia, Europe, and Africa. Contemporary pharmacological researches have revealed that they possess a wide spectrum of bioactivity due to their production of a variety of bioactive ...
Haiyan, Luo, Yingbo, Li
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Medicinal Mushrooms against Influenza Viruses
International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 2021This review provides results obtained by scientists from different countries on the antiviral activity of medicinal mushrooms against influenza viruses that can cause pandemics. Currently, the search for antiviral compounds is relevant in connection with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
Tamara V, Teplyakova +3 more
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Medicinal Mushrooms: Past, Present and Future
2022The survival of Homo sapiens is continually under threat from agencies capable of inflicting calamitous damage to the overall health and well-being of humankind. One strategy aimed at combatting this threat is focused on medicinal mushrooms and derivatives thereof. Mushrooms themselves have been consumed as part of the human diet for centuries, whereas
Shuting, Chang, John, Buswell
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Progress in Nutrition, 2010
Summary Mushrooms have been used as medicines by humans for 5,000 years or more. This article deals with five healing mushrooms: maitake, reishi/lingzhi, shiitake, Cordyceps sinensis, and Trametes versicolor [yunzhi]. Many claims are made for medicinal mushrooms. Out of sheer enthusiasm and/or for commercial motives, authors make exaggerated claims. No
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Summary Mushrooms have been used as medicines by humans for 5,000 years or more. This article deals with five healing mushrooms: maitake, reishi/lingzhi, shiitake, Cordyceps sinensis, and Trametes versicolor [yunzhi]. Many claims are made for medicinal mushrooms. Out of sheer enthusiasm and/or for commercial motives, authors make exaggerated claims. No
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