Table 6.2
(continued)
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Russula anthracina
Romagn.
Antioxidant
Methanol extracts from sporomes
Akata et al. (2012)
Russula brevipes
Peck
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (Protocatechuic acid,
Gallic acid, Gentisic acid, Syringic acid,
Caffeic acid, Tannic acid)
Puttaraju et al. (2006)
Russula delica
Fr.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds, tocopherols
(a-tocopherol) b-carotene
Kalogeropoulos et al. (2013),
Elmastas et al. (2007)
Antibacterial
Aqueous methanolic extracts from sporomes
have a bactericide effect against clinical isolates
of Pasteurella multocida, Streptococcus agalactiae,
and Streptococcus pyogenes
resistant to antibiotics
Alves et al. (2012)
Russula cyanoxantha
(Schaeff.) Fr.
Antitumour
Steroid (ergone)
Zhao et al. (2011)
Russula griseocarnosa
X.H. Wang,
Zhu L. Yang &
Knudsen
Antioxidant
Phenolics, flavonoids, ergosterol, and b-carotene
Chen et al. (2010a, b, c)
Russula lepida
Fr.
Antitumour
Lectins
Zhang et al. (2010)
Russula virescens
(Schaeff.) Fr.
Antioxidant
Phenolics, flavonoids, b-carotene
Chen et al. (2010a, b, c)
Sarcodon imbricatus
(L.) P. Karst.
[= S. aspratus
(Berk.)
S. Ito]
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (p-Hydroxybenzoic acid),
ascorbic acid, b-carotene
Barros et al. (2007a, b,
2008 a, b, 2013)
Antitumor
Fucogalactan
Mizuno et al. (2000)
Scutiger pes-caprae
(Pers)
Bondartsev & Singer
[= Albatrellus pes-caprae
(Pers.) Pouzar)]
Antitumour
Selenium
Slejkovec et al. (2000)
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