Table 6.2
Species of edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms and their reported medicinal properties and active principles
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Amanita caesarea
(Scop.)
Pers.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (catechin,
ferulic acid, p-coumaric
acid
and cinnamic acid), b-carotene
Sarikurkcu et al. (2010) ,
Valentao et al. (2005a , b)
Antimicrobial
Acetone extracts effective against
Candida albicans
Dog ˘an
and Akbas (2013)
Amanita ceciliae
(Berk. & Broome) Bas
Antioxidant
Methanol extracts from sporomes
Akata et al. (2012)
Amanita rubescens
Pers.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (p-Hydrooxybenzoic
acid), ascorbic acid
Ribeiro et al. (2006, 2007)
Albatrellus confluens
(Alb. & Schwein)
Kotl. & Pouzar
Antitumor
Grifolin andaurovertin B and the novel
Aurovertin P showed cytotoxic activities on
five human tumor cell lines (HL-60,
SMMC-7721, A-549, MCF-7 and SW480)
Guo et al. (2013a, b),
Luo et al. (2011a, b),
Ye et al. (2005, 2007)
Albatrellus ovinus
(Schaeff.) Kotl. and
Pouzar
Antioxidant
Neogrifolin
Nukata et al. (2002)
Astraeus hygrometricus
(Pers.) Morgan
Antitumor
Heteroglucan
Mallick et al. (2010)
Immunostimulatory Polysaccharide
Mallick et al. (2010)
Boletopsis grisea
(Peck)
Bondartsev &
Bondartsev & Singer.
Antioxidant
p-terphenylderivatives
Liu et al. (2004)
Boletopsis leucomelaena
(Pers.) Fayod
Antitumor,
antileukemia
Novel lectin with apoptosis-inducing activity
Koyama et al. (2002, 2006)
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