Table 6.2
(continued)
Species
Medicinal
properties
Active principles or extracts
Source
Increase of sexual
androgen
hormones
Alcoholic extracts of sporomes significantly increased the
levels of luteinizing hormone and testosterone.
Khojasteh et al. (2013)
aphrodisiac
Terfezia claveryi
Chatin
Antibacterial
Aqueous extracts effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
and Staphylococcus aureus
in vitro
Janakat et al. (2004);
Gouzi et al. (2011)
Thelephora aurantiotincta
Corner
Antitumor
Thelephantin O, vialinin A, (p-terphenyl derivatives) which
suppress the proliferation of humanhepatocellular
carcinoma cellsviaironchelation
Norikura et al. (2011; 2013)
Antioxidant
p-terphenylderivatives
Liu et al. (2004)
Thelephora ganbajun
M. Zang
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds
Guo et al. (2012a, b)
Analgesic and
antipyretic
Aminophenol
Zhou et al. (1992);
Mortimer et al. (2012)
Thelephora vialis
Schwein. Antioxidant
Vialinin A
Xie et al. (2005); Xie and
Abe (2006); Xie et al. (2006)
Antitumor
Vialinin B inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-a production
Ye et al. (2009a, b)
Anti-inflammatory
Vialinin A is more efficient than the widely used
immunosuppressive drug tacrolimus (FK506).
Okada et al. (2013)
Tirmania nivea
(Desf.)
Trappe
Antibacterial
Aqueous extracts effective against Pseudomonas
aeruginosa,
and Staphylococcus aureus
in vitro
Gouzi et al. (2011)
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds, ascorbic acid and carotenoids
Al-Laith (2010)
Tirmania pinoyi
(Maire)
Malençon
Antimutagenic
Ethanol extracts from sporomes inhibit mutagenic effects
Hannan et al. (1989)
Tricholoma equestre
(L.)
P. Kumm.
Antioxidant
Phenolic compounds (p-Hydroxybenzoic acid)
Ribeiro et al. (2006)
Tricholoma giganteum
Massee
Antioxidant
Ethanol extracts from sporomes
Chatterjee et al. (2011b)
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