A comprehensive review on phytochemical profiling in mushrooms: occurrence, biological activities, applications and future prospective

Y Zhou, M Chu, F Ahmadi, OT Agar… - Food Reviews …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Mushrooms have been an acclaimed food for their unique flavor and medicinal properties
since ancient times. Modern research shows that mushrooms are rich in various nutrients …

Ageritin from pioppino mushroom: The prototype of ribotoxin-like proteins, a novel family of specific ribonucleases in edible mushrooms

S Ragucci, N Landi, R Russo, M Valletta, PV Pedone… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ageritin is a specific ribonuclease, extracted from the edible mushroom Cyclocybe aegerita
(synonym Agrocybe aegerita), which cleaves a single phosphodiester bond located within …

The chemical ecology approach to reveal fungal metabolites for arthropod pest management

A Berestetskiy, Q Hu - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biorational insecticides (for instance, avermectins, spinosins, azadirachtin, and
afidopyropen) of natural origin are increasingly being used in agriculture. The review …

Transcriptome data reveal conserved patterns of fruiting body development and response to heat stress in the mushroom-forming fungus Flammulina filiformis

XB Liu, EH Xia, M Li, YY Cui, PM Wang, JX Zhang… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Mushroom-forming fungi are complex multicellular organisms that form the basis of a large
industry, yet, our understanding of the mechanisms of mushroom development and its …

Characterization and cytotoxic activity of ribotoxin-like proteins from the edible mushroom Pleurotus eryngii

N Landi, M Grundner, S Ragucci, M Pavšič, M Mravinec… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Ribotoxin-like proteins (RL-Ps) represent a novel specific ribonuclease family found in
edible mushrooms and are able to inhibit protein synthesis. Here, we report the …

Transcriptome of different fruiting stages in the cultivated mushroom Cyclocybe aegerita suggests a complex regulation of fruiting and reveals enzymes putatively …

A Orban, A Weber, R Herzog, F Hennicke, M Rühl - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Cyclocybe aegerita (syn. Agrocybe aegerita) is a commercially
cultivated mushroom. Its archetypal agaric morphology and its ability to undergo its whole …

Ribotoxin-like proteins from Boletus edulis: Structural properties, cytotoxicity and in vitro digestibility

N Landi, S Ragucci, R Culurciello, R Russo, M Valletta… - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Porcini are edible mushrooms widely used in cooking due to their extraordinary taste.
Despite this, cases of food poisoning have been reported in the recent literature also for …

The ribotoxin-like protein Ostreatin from Pleurotus ostreatus fruiting bodies: Confirmation of a novel ribonuclease family expressed in basidiomycetes

N Landi, S Ragucci, R Russo, M Valletta… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fungi produce several toxins active against plants, animal or humans. Among them,
ribotoxins are enzymes that specifically attack ribosomes irreparably compromising protein …

The Biological Action and Structural Characterization of Eryngitin 3 and 4, Ribotoxin-like Proteins from Pleurotus eryngii Fruiting Bodies

S Ragucci, N Landi, L Citores, R Iglesias… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ribotoxin-like proteins (RL-Ps) are specific ribonucleases found in mushrooms that are able
to cleave a single phosphodiester bond located in the sarcin–ricin loop (SRL) of the large …

Antifungal Activity of Ageritin, a Ribotoxin-like Protein from Cyclocybe aegerita Edible Mushroom, against Phytopathogenic Fungi

S Ragucci, S Castaldi, N Landi, R Isticato, A Di Maro - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ageritin from poplar mushrooms is a specific endonuclease that hydrolyzes a single
phosphodiester bond located in the sarcin-ricin loop (SRL) of the large rRNA, thereby …