Table 6.2
(continued)
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Suillus bellinii
(Inzenga)
Watling
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Kalogeropoulos et al. (2013)
Suillus bovinus
(L.)
Roussel
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Guo et al. (2012a, b)
Suillus collinitus
(Fr.)
Kuntze
Antitumor
Methanolic extracts from sporomes increased
p53 expression and caused cell cycle arrest
and apoptosis in a breast cancer cell line
Vaz et al. (2012)
Antioxidant
Ascorbic acid, methanol extracts from sporomes
Akata et al. (2012),
Valentao et al. (2005)
Suillus granulatus
(L.)
Roussel
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (p-Hydroxybenzoic
acid, quercetin)
Ribeiro et al. (2006, 2007)
Suillus lakei
(Murrill)
A.H. Sm. & Thiers
Antioxidant
Extracts from mycelium showed a significant reduction
of oxidative damage caused by xantineoxidase
Gonzalez-Barranco et al. (2010)
Suillus luteus
(L.) Roussel Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (Quercetin), Tocopherols
Zeng et al. (2012), Reis et al.
(2011), González-Barranco
et al. (2010),
Ribeiro et al. (2006)
Antibacterial
Mycelial methanolic extracts effective against
Bacillus subtilis
Suay et al. (2000)
Suillus placidus
(Bonord.)
Singer
Antitumor
Suillin acts as a potent apoptosis inducer in
human hepatoma HepG2 cells
Liu et al. (2009)
Suillus variegatus
(Sw.)
Kuntze
Antibacterial
Mycelial methanolic extracts effective against
Staphylococcus aureus,
and Bacillus subtilis
Suay et al. (2000)
Terfezia boudieri
Chatin
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds, ethanolic extracts
Dundar et al. (2012)
Antibacterial and
antifungal
Acetone extracts of sporomes effective against
Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans;
and
antibacterial methyl alcohol extracts from spromes
inhibit the growth of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Dogan et al. (2013),
Akyuz et al. (2010)
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