{"title":"Studies of Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activity in Ready-to-Drink Wild Ganoderma Teas: An In Vitro Approach.","authors":"Sandipta Ghosh, Sristi Das, Rituparna Saha, Krishnendu Acharya","doi":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023050232","DOIUrl":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023050232","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ganoderma is a medicinally important mushroom and has been used since ancient times. However, mostly G. lucidum has been used for therapeutic purposes, in form of tea, dietary and drug supplements but other species of Ganoderma are still remaining underexploited. This study is the first approach to valorize Ganoderma teas prepared from different wild species of Ganoderma other than G. lucidum with respect to both phytochemically and therapeutically through investigation of their phytochemical, carbohydrate contents and exploring their antioxidant activity. Phytochemical contents such as phenol and flavonoids were quantified using spectrophotometry methods. The carbohydrate content of the teas was estimated by phenol sulphuric acid method. The biochemical analysis revealed the teas contained a notable amount of phenolic compounds ranging from 19.15 to 40.2 µg GAE/mg of extract and also showed significant content of flavonoids. Further, antioxidant potential in terms of DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging ability and total antioxidant capacity was also evaluated. According to the results, G. resinaceum tea showed better potential in scavenging DPPH (EC50 36 ug/mL) and ABTS radicals (EC50 3 9 ug/mL) whereas the least effect was shown for the tea of G. ahmedi. Therefore, tea showing the best results, i.e. G. resinaceum tea, was also analyzed for cytotoxicity on breast cancer cells. It was found that the tea made from G. resinaceum inhibited cellular growth and proliferation in a dose-dependent manner with maximum growth inhibition (61%) observed at the highest concentration of 2.3 mg/mL. The presence of a greater quantity of carbohydrates in G. resinaceum tea also justified the remarkable anticancer potential of the tea. Overall, our findings indicated that a few wild species of Ganoderma other than G. lucidum have great potential to be valued as a healthy beverage with immense therapeutic benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":94323,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medicinal mushrooms","volume":"25 11","pages":"53-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41224775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Wang, Min Sun, Jinyan Yu, Xumin Ma, Chunchao Han
{"title":"Relationship between Components, Intestinal Microbiota, and Mechanism of Hypoglycemic Effect of the Saggy Ink Cap Medicinal Mushroom (Coprinus Comatus, Agaricomycetes): A Review.","authors":"Wei Wang, Min Sun, Jinyan Yu, Xumin Ma, Chunchao Han","doi":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023050474","DOIUrl":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023050474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coprinus comatus is rich in a variety of nutrients, which has been reported to display a good hypoglycemic effect. However, there is no consensus on the hypoglycemic mechanism of this mushroom. Intestinal microbiota, a complex and intrinsic system, is closely related to metabolism. In this review, we discussed the potential relationship between certain components of C. comatus and intestinal microbiota to illustrate the possible hypoglycemic mechanism of C. comatus through intestinal microbiota. It will provide a new perspective for the study of hypoglycemic mechanism of C. comatus and promote the development and utilization of this mushroom.</p>","PeriodicalId":94323,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medicinal mushrooms","volume":"25 12","pages":"81-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72016575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yating Dong, Haile Ma, ling Sun, ronghai He, xiaofei Ye, bingcheng Gan
{"title":"Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Candidate Genes Associated with Mycelia Growth from a He-Ne Laser with Pulsed Light Mutant of Phellinus igniarius (Agaricomycetes)","authors":"Yating Dong, Haile Ma, ling Sun, ronghai He, xiaofei Ye, bingcheng Gan","doi":"10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.2023051538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.2023051538","url":null,"abstract":"A mutant Phellinus igniarius JQ9 with higher mycelial production was screened out by He-Ne laser with pulsed light irradiation, the mechanism underlying the higher mycelial production is still unknow. This study aims to obtain a comprehensive transcriptome assembly during the Ph. igniarius liquid fermentation and characterize the key genes associated with the mycelial growth and metabolism in Ph. igniarius JQ9. Our transcriptome data of Ph. iniarius JQ9 and the wild strain were obtained with the Illumina platform comparative transcriptome sequencing technology. The results showed that among all the 346 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), 245 were up-regulated and 101 were down-regulated. Candidate genes encoding endoglucanase, beta-glucosidase, cellulose 1,4-beta-cellobiosidase, glycoside hydrolase family 61 protein, were proposed to participate in the carbohydrate utilization from KEGG enrichment of the starch and sucrose metabolism pathways were up-regulated in Ph. igniarius JQ9. In addition, three candidate genes encoding the laccase and another two candidate genes related with the cell growth were higher expressed in Ph. igniarius JQ9 than in the wild type of strain (CK). Analysis of these data revealed that increased these related carbohydrate metabolism candidate genes underlying one crucial way may cause the higher mycelia production.","PeriodicalId":94323,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medicinal mushrooms","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135503588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violeta Berikashvili, Tamar Khardziani, Aza Kobakhidze, Maria Kulp, Maria Kuhtinskaja, Tiit Lukk, Maria Letizia Gargano, Giuseppe Venturella, Eva Kachlishvili, Eka Metreveli, Vladimir I Elisashvili, Mikheil Asatiani
{"title":"Antifungal Activity of Medicinal Mushrooms and Optimization of Submerged Culture Conditions for Schizophyllum commune (Agaricomycetes).","authors":"Violeta Berikashvili, Tamar Khardziani, Aza Kobakhidze, Maria Kulp, Maria Kuhtinskaja, Tiit Lukk, Maria Letizia Gargano, Giuseppe Venturella, Eva Kachlishvili, Eka Metreveli, Vladimir I Elisashvili, Mikheil Asatiani","doi":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023049836","DOIUrl":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023049836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The main goal of the present study was the exploration of the antifungal properties of Agaricomycetes mushrooms. Among twenty-three tested mushrooms against A. niger, B. cinerea, F. oxysporum, and G. bidwellii, Schizophyllum commune demonstrated highest inhibition rates and showed 35.7%, 6.5%, 50.4%, and 66.0% of growth inhibition, respectively. To reveal culture conditions enhancing the antifungal potential of Sch. commune, several carbon (lignocellulosic substrates among them) and nitrogen sources and their optimal concentrations were investigated. Presence of 6% mandarin juice production waste (MJPW) and 6% of peptone in nutrient medium promoted antifungal activity of selected mushroom. It was determined that, extracts obtained in the presence of MJPW effectively inhibited the grow of pathogenic fungi. Moreover, the content of phenolic compounds in the extracts obtained from Sch. commune grown on MJPW was several times higher (0.87 ± 0.05 GAE/g to 2.38 ± 0.08 GAE/g) than the extracts obtained from the mushroom grown on the synthetic (glycerol contained) nutrient medium (0.21 ± 0.03 GAE/g to 0.88 ± 0.05 GAE/g). Flavonoid contents in the extracts from Sch. commune varied from 0.58 ± 0.03 to 27.2 ± 0.8 mg QE/g. Identification of phenolic compounds composition in water and ethanol extracts were provided by mass spectrometry analysis. Extracts demonstrate considerable free radical scavenging activities and the IC50 values were generally low for the extracts, ranging from 1.9 mg/ml to 6.7 mg/ml. All the samples displayed a positive correlation between their concentration (0.05-15.0 mg/ml) and DPPH radical scavenging activity. This investigation revealed that Sch. commune mushroom has great potential to be used as a source of antifungal and antioxidant substances.</p>","PeriodicalId":94323,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medicinal mushrooms","volume":"25 10","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41224777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of antioxidant activity, myco-chemical content, and GC-MS based molecular docking analysis of bioactive chemicals from Amanita konajensis, a tribal myco-food from India","authors":"Pinky Rani Biswas, Pinaki Chattopadhyay, Sudeshna Nandi, Arabinda Ghosh, Krishnendu Acharya, Arun Kumar Dutta","doi":"10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.2023051310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.2023051310","url":null,"abstract":"In humans, a wide range of health disorders have been induced due to an imbalanced metabolism and an excess generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS).. Different biological properties found in mushrooms seem to be the reason for their customary use as a favourite delicacy. Therefore, exploration of wild edible mushrooms as a source of various biological compounds is gaining much importance today. Amanita konajensis, one of the underutilised macrofungi popularly consumed in Eastern India, demands a systematic study of its medicinal values. The study aims to explore the myco-chemical contents of A. konajensis ethanolic extract (EtAK1) and screen their antioxidant potency through various in vitro assays. GC-MS analysis identified the chemical components of EtAK1. Further, structure-based virtual screening of the identified compounds was analysed for drug-like properties and molecular docking with the human p38 MAPK protein, a potent targeting pathway for human lung cancer. The morpho-molecular features proved the authenticity of the collected mushroom. The screening assays showed that EtAK1 was abundant in flavonoids, followed by phenolics, β-carotene, and lycopene, and had strong antioxidant activity with EC50 values of 640–710 μg/ml. The GC-MS analyses of EtAK1 identified the occurrence of 19 bioactive compounds in the mushroom. In silico analysis revealed that anthraergostatetraenol p-chlorobenzoate, one of the compounds identified, displayed high binding affinity (ΔG = -10.6 kcal/mol) with human p38 MAPK. The outcome of this study will pave the way for the invention of myco-medicine using Amanita konajensis, which may lead to a novel drug for human lung cancer.","PeriodicalId":94323,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medicinal mushrooms","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135057233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rao-Chi Chien, Shin-Yu Chen, Darya O Mishchuk, Carolyn M Slupsky
{"title":"Hydrophilic Metabolite Composition of Fruiting Bodies and Mycelia of Edible Mushroom Species (Agaricomycetes).","authors":"Rao-Chi Chien, Shin-Yu Chen, Darya O Mishchuk, Carolyn M Slupsky","doi":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023050034","DOIUrl":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2023050034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mushrooms have two components, the fruiting body, which encompasses the stalk and the cap, and the mycelium, which supports the fruiting body underground. The part of the mushroom most commonly consumed is the fruiting body. Given that it is more time consuming to harvest the fruiting body versus simply the mycelia, we were interested in understanding the difference in metabolite content between the fruiting bodies and mycelia of four widely consumed mushrooms in Taiwan: Agrocybe cylindracea (AC), Coprinus comatus (CC), Hericium erinaceus (HE), and Hypsizygus marmoreus (HM). In total, we identified 54 polar metabolites using 1H NMR spectroscopy that included sugar alcohols, amino acids, organic acids, nucleosides and purine/pyrimidine derivatives, sugars, and others. Generally, the fruiting bodies of AC, CC, and HM contained higher amounts of essential amino acids than their corresponding mycelia. Among fruiting bodies, HE had the lowest essential amino acid content. Trehalose was the predominant carbohydrate in most samples except for the mycelia of AC, in which the major sugar was glucose. The amount of adenosine, uridine, and xanthine in the samples was similar, and was higher in fruiting bodies compared with mycelia, except for HM. The organic acid and sugar alcohol content between fruiting bodies and mycelia did not tend to be different. Although each mushroom had a unique metabolic profile, the metabolic profile of fruiting bodies and mycelia were most similar for CC and HE, suggesting that the mycelia of CC and HE may be good replacements for their corresponding fruiting bodies. Additionally, each mushroom species had a unique polar metabolite fingerprint, which could be utilized to identify adulteration.</p>","PeriodicalId":94323,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medicinal mushrooms","volume":"25 11","pages":"27-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41224773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meal Ingestion of Ceraceomyces tessulatus Strain BDM-X (Agaricomycetes) Protects against Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Mice.","authors":"Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenichi Watanabe, Somasundaram Arumugam, Manoj Limbraj Yellurkar, Remya Sreedhar, Rejina Afrin, Hirohito Sone","doi":"10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2021041928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2021041928","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is becoming the most common cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in developed countries. Oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of NASH due to steatosis; hence, novel therapeutic approaches might include natural antioxidants. Ceraceomyces tessulatus strain Basidiomycetes-X (BDM-X), a novel edible mushroom, possesses potent antioxidant activity. This study aimed to investigate the hepato-protective effect of C. tessulatus BDM-X in a novel NASH-HCC mouse model. To prepare this animal model, 2-day-old C57BL/6J male pups were exposed to low-dose streptozotocin (STZ); at 4 weeks of age, they were randomly divided into two groups. The NASH group (NASH) received a high-fat diet (HFD32) up to 14 weeks of age; the C. tessulatus BDM-X group (BDM-X) received HFD32 up to age 10 weeks, followed by HFD32 + 20% BDM-X (percent weight per weight in the diet) up to age 14 weeks. Mice not treated with STZ and fed a normal diet served as a control group. We found that C. tessulatus BDM-X improved serum aminotransferase levels as well as histopathological features such as steatosis, inflammatory foci, and pericellular fibrosis in NASH mice. Hepatic protein expression of sterol regulatory element binding protein isoform SREBP-1 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor PPARα was significantly increased in NASH mice. C. tessulatus BDM-X treatment normalized the expression of both proteins. Our data suggest that C. tessulatus BDM-X may protect the liver against lipogenesis in NASH-HCC mice.</p>","PeriodicalId":94323,"journal":{"name":"International journal of medicinal mushrooms","volume":"24 1","pages":"41-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71430778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}