TITLE:
A Review on General Nutritional Compounds and Pharmacological Properties of the Lentinula edodes Mushroom
AUTHORS:
Tiane Cristine Finimundy, Aldo José Pinheiro Dillon, João Antônio Pêgas Henriques, Mariana Roesch Ely
KEYWORDS:
Lentinula edodes, β-Glucans, Therapeutic Applications, Review
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.5 No.12,
June
26,
2014
ABSTRACT: Lentinula edodesis a macrofungus with
great potential for therapeutic applications and serves as a model for
investigating functional fungi properties and isolating pure compounds for
pharmaceutical use. Mushrooms have a great nutritional value and present
medicinal molecules including polysaccharides, terpenoids, sterols and lipids,
that participate actively in several human disorders and modulate mechanisms
involved in the immune system regulation. This review will focus on general
nutritional compounds and pharmacological properties of L. edodes.