Table 6.2
(continued)
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Anticoagulant
Polysaccharide (fucoidan)
Tako et al. (2012)
Immune
enhancement
Polysaccharide (fucoidan)
Tako et al. (2012)
Lactarius piperatus
(L)
Pers.
Antioxidant
Ascorbic acid, b-carotene
Barros et al. (2007a)
Lactarius rufus
(Scop.) Fr. Anti-inflammatory
Polysaccharide (b-glucans)
Ruthes et al. (2013)
Antinociceptive
Polysaccharide (b-glucans)
Ruthes et al. (2013)
Lactarius salmonicolor
R. Heim & Leclair
Antioxidant
Methanol extracts from sporomes
Akata et al. (2012)
Lactarius sanguifluus
(Paulet) Fr.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds(Protocatechuic acid,
Gallic acid, Gentisic acid, Vanillic acid,
Syringic acid, Cinnamic acid, p-Coumaric
acid,
Caffeic acid, Ferulic acid, Tannic acid)
Kalogeropoulos et al. (2013),
Puttaraju et al. (2006)
Lactarius semisanguifluus
R. Heim & Leclair
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Kalogeropoulos et al. (2013)
Lactarius vellereus
(Fr). Fr. Antibacterial
Acetone extracts of sporomes effective against
Bacillus subtilis
Dog ˘an
et al. (2013)
Leccinum aurantiacum
(Bull.) Gray
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Vidovic ´
et al. (2010)
Leccinum pseudoscabrum
(Kallenb. Šutara)
[L. carpini
(R. Schulz)
M.M. Moser ex D.A.
Reid]
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Kosanic ´
et al. (2012)
Leucopaxillus giganteus
(Quél) Singer.
Antitumour
Galactomannoglucan
Mizuno et al. (1995a, b)
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