Table 6.2
(continued)
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Cantharellus rhodophyllus
Heinem.
Antioxidant
Phenols, flavonoids, ascorbic acid,
and b-carotene
Kumari et al. (2011)
Chroogomphus rutilus
(Schaeff.) O.K. Mill
[=Gomphidius rutilus
(Schaeff.) S. Lundell]
Antioxidant
Polysaccharide fractions
Guo et al. (2013a, b)
Immunological
activity
Polysaccharide fractions
Gao et al. (2012, 2013)
Clavulina cinerea
(Bull)
J. Schröt.
Antioxidant
Ascorbic acid
Agrahar-Murugkar and
Subbulakshmi (2005)
Cortinarius anomalus
(Fr)
Fr.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Reis et al. (2011)
Cortinarius caperatus
(Pers.)
Fr. [= Rozites caperatus
(Pers.) P. Karst.]
Antiviral
Proteins
Piraino and Brandt (1999),
Piraino (2006)
Cortinarius purpurascens
Fr.
Antioxidant
Polyketide-derived, anthraquinone pigments
Bai et al. (2013)
Cortinarius violaceus
(L.)
Gray
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (p-hydroxibenzoic- and
cinnamic acid), a-, b-, c-,
and d-tocopherols
Reis et al. (2011)
Craterellus cornucopioides
(L) Pers.
Antiiflammatory
Methanolic extracts
Moro et al. (2012)
Antioxidant
Tocopherols (a-, by c-tocopherol),
flavonoids,
ascorbic acid, b-carotene
Palacios et al. (2011);
Barros et al. (2008a)
Antihyperglycemic Ethanol and aqueous extracts from sporomes showed
a-glucosidase
and a-amylase
inhibitory activity
Liu et al. (2012a, b)
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