Immunomodulatory effects of edible and medicinal mushrooms and their bioactive immunoregulatory products

S Zhao, Q Gao, C Rong, S Wang, Z Zhao, Y Liu, J Xu - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mushrooms have been valued as food and health supplements by humans for centuries.
They are rich in dietary fiber, essential amino acids, minerals, and many bioactive …

130 years of plant lectin research

M Tsaneva, EJM Van Damme - Glycoconjugate journal, 2020 - Springer
Lectins are proteins with diverse molecular structures that share the ability to recognize and
bind specifically and reversibly to carbohydrate structures without changing the …

Nutritional, Medicinal, and Cosmetic Value of Bioactive Compounds in Button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus): A Review

M Usman, G Murtaza, A Ditta - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fungi are vital to numerous industrial and household processes, especially producing
cheeses, beer, wine, and bread, and they are accountable for breaking down organic matter …

The pharmacological potential of mushrooms

U Lindequist, THJ Niedermeyer… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes pharmacologically active compounds from mushrooms. Compounds
and complex substances with antimicrobial, antiviral, antitumor, antiallergic …

Lectins, interconnecting proteins with biotechnological/pharmacological and therapeutic applications

LCBB Coelho, PMS Silva, VLM Lima… - Evidence‐Based …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Lectins are proteins extensively used in biomedical applications with property to recognize
carbohydrates through carbohydrate‐binding sites, which identify glycans attached to cell …

White button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) lowers blood glucose and cholesterol levels in diabetic and hypercholesterolemic rats

SC Jeong, YT Jeong, BK Yang, R Islam… - Nutrition research, 2010 - Elsevier
Agaricus bisporus (white button mushroom; WBM) contains high levels of dietary fibers and
antioxidants including vitamin C, D, and B12; folates; and polyphenols that may provide …

The role of edible mushrooms in health: Evaluation of the evidence

P Roupas, J Keogh, M Noakes, C Margetts… - Journal of functional …, 2012 - Elsevier
There have been relatively few direct intervention trials of mushroom consumption in
humans, although those that have been completed to date indicate that mushrooms and …

Lectins purified from medicinal and edible mushrooms: Insights into their antiviral activity against pathogenic viruses

YA El-Maradny, EM El-Fakharany… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
For thousands of years, fungi have been a valuable and promising source of therapeutic
agents for treatment of various diseases. Mushroom is a macrofungus which has been …

Mushroom lectins: specificity, structure and bioactivity relevant to human disease

MAA Hassan, R Rouf, E Tiralongo, TW May… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Lectins are non-immunoglobulin proteins that bind diverse sugar structures with a high
degree of selectivity. Lectins play crucial role in various biological processes such as …

Mucoadhesive microspheres for controlled drug delivery

KPR Chowdary, YS Rao - Biological and pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Mucoadhesion is a topic of current interest in the design of drug delivery systems.
Mucoadhesive microspheres exhibit a prolonged residence time at the site of application or …