BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMPONENT COMPOSITION OF FRUIT BODIES OF MEDICINAL BASIDIOMYCETES

The content of the main biochemical components: protein, polysaccharides, lipids, melanin pigments, and phenolic compounds was studied in the fruit bodies of strains of fungi of the genera Ganoderma, Inonotus, Phallus, and Pleurotus. The amount of total and true protein was 14.6-28.0% and 10.9-18.5%, respectively, polysaccharides-10.8-28.4%, lipids-3.1-3.5%, phenolic compounds-580-2200 mg%. Higher protein content was observed in the strains of the fungus P. ostreatus, polysaccharides - in the strains of G. lucidum and Ph. impudicus, phenolic compounds in the strains of the fungus I. obliquus. The largest amount of polysaccharides (22.0-24.0 %) was isolated from the fruit bodies of G. lucidum (reishi). The leader in the content of polysaccharides in the dry biomass of fruit bodies is the fungus Phallus impudicus (common Veselka). The fruit bodies of Chaga I. obliquus (strains KI 5, KI 7) and Veselka Ph. impudicus (strains PI 2, PI 5, and PI 9) contained significant amounts of melanin pigments - 10.3-13.8% and 7.1-7.4%, respectively.