Table 6.2
(continued)
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Lyophyllum decastes
(Fr.)
Singer
Antitumour
Polysaccharides (homoglucans)
Ukawa et al. (2000)
Morchella angusticeps
Peck
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (Protocatechuic acid,
Syringic acid, Caffeic acid, Tannic acid)
Puttaraju et al. (2006)
Morchella conica
Krombh. Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (Protocatechuic acid, Gallic acid,
Gentisic acid, Vanillic acid, Syringic acid,
Caffeic acid, Ferulic acid, Tannic acid)
Puttaraju et al. (2006)
Morchella elata
Fr.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Zeng et al. (2012)
Morchella esculenta
(L)
Pers.
Antioxidant
Phenolic acids, tocopherols (a-, d-and c-tocopherol),
ascorbic acid, polysaccharides
Meng et al. (2010a, b);
Heleno et al. (2013),
Gang et al. (2013),
Mau et al. (2004)
Antimicrobial
Extracts effective against 5 pathogenic bacteria more
effective than streptomycin and ampicillin, with
demelizing activity against 4 pathogenic strains
of mycromycetes
Heleno et al. (2013)
Anti-inflammatory
Ethanolic extracts of mycelium
Nitha et al. (2007)
Hepatoprotective
Aqueous–ethanolic extracts of mycelium
Nitha et al. (2013)
Paxillus involutus
(Batsch)
Fr.
Antibacterial and
antifungal
Mycelial methanolic extracts effective against Enterococcus
faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and
Aspergillusfumigatus
Suay et al. (2000)
Peziza vesiculosa
Bull.
Antitumour
(beta-1,3-glucan),polysaccharides
Mimura et al. (1985)
Polyozellus multiplex
(Underw.) Murrill
Antitumour
Polyozellin
Lee and Nishikawa (2003)
Anti-inflammatory
Polyozellin
Lee et al. (2011),
Jin et al. (2006a, b)
Antiviral
Methanol extracts from sporomes function as
a-glucosidase
inhibitors
Lee et al. (2013)
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