Table 6.2
(continued)
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Boletus aestivalis
(Paulet)
Fr.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Kosanic ´
et al. (2012)
Boletus badius
(Fr.) Fr
[= Xerocomus badius
(Fr.)
E.J. Gilbert]
Antitumor
Aminoacids (theanine)
Li et al. (2008)
Antioxidant
Tocopherols (a-tocopherol)
Elmastas et al. (2007)
Antihypertensive
Aminoacids (theanine)
Li et al. (2008)
Boletus edulis
Bull.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (protocatechuic acid,
p-coumaric
acid, caffeic acid, tannic acid),
tocopherols (a- band c-tocopherols),
b-carotene
Li et al. (2013),
Guo et al. (2012a, b),
Vidovic ´
et al. (2010),
Barros et al. (2008a, b),
Tsai et al. (2007),
Puttaraju et al. (2006)
Antitumour
Extracts of sporomes, selenium
Lucas et al. (1957),
Zaidman et al. (2005),
Slejkovec et al. (2000)
Antiviral
Lectins
Santoyo et al. (2012)
Cholesterollowering and
antihypertensive
Extracts from sporomes have significant amounts of
Lovastatin and c-aminobutyric
acid
Chen et al. (2012)
Boletus regius
Krombh
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Guo et al. (2012a, b)
Boletus reticulatus
Schaeff. Antioxidant
Methanol extracts from sporomes
Akata et al. (2012)
Cantharellula umbonata
(J.F. Gmel.) Singer
[=Cantharellus
umbonatus
(J.F. Gmel)
Pers.]
Antioxidant
Phenols, flavonoids, ascorbic acid and
b-carotene
Kumari et al. (2011)
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