Taxonomic group: fungi / Basidiomycota
(Phylum: Basidiomycota)
NCBI PubMed ID: 25505823Publication DOI: 10.1155/2014/805841Journal NLM ID: 9209001Publisher: Sylvania, OH: Hindawi Pub. Corp.
Correspondence: Elsayed EA <eaelsayed
ksu.edu.sa>
Institutions: Bioproducts Research Chair, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Natural and Microbial Products Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, Institute of Bioproduct Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia, City of Scientific Research and Technology Application, New Burg Al Arab, Alexandria, Egypt
For centuries, macrofungi have been used as food and medicine in different parts of the world. This is mainly attributed to their nutritional value as a potential source of carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, and minerals. In addition, they also include many bioactive metabolites which make mushrooms and truffles common components in folk medicine, especially in Africa, the Middle East, China, and Japan. The reported medicinal effects of mushrooms include anti-inflammatory effects, with anti-inflammatory compounds of mushrooms comprising a highly diversified group in terms of their chemical structure. They include polysaccharides, terpenoids, phenolic compounds, and many other low molecular weight molecules. The aims of this review are to report the different types of bioactive metabolites and their relevant producers, as well as the different mechanisms of action of mushroom compounds as potent anti-inflammatory agents.
reishi, Ganoderma, ganoderic acid
Structure type: homopolymer
Location inside paper: p. 2, column 2, section 3.1, line 8
Trivial name: cellulose, β-(1,4)-glucan, cellulose, β-(1,4)-glucan
Compound class: EPS, O-polysaccharide, cell wall polysaccharide, glucan, polysaccharide
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_142488,IEDB_146664,IEDB_983931,SB_192
Biological activity: Extracted polysaccharide stimulates production of proinflammatory cytokine in human monocytes and vein endothelial cells and exerts antiinflammatory activity.
Comments, role: Review.
Related record ID(s): 46285, 46286, 46288, 46289
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 79798Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G75830OM, GlycomeDB:
27885, CCSD:
50051, CBank-STR:4229
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There is only one chemically distinct structure:
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