The antioxidant potential of different edible and medicinal mushrooms

• Published in: Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 2022-03, Vol.147, p.112621-112621, Article 112621
• Main Authors: Mwangi, Ruth W., Macharia, John M., Wagara, Isabel N., Bence, Raposa L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antioxidant potential; Free radicals; Medicinal properties; Mushrooms
• ISSN: 0753-3322; 1950-6007
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.112621

Mushroom consumption has grown extraordinarily owing to their high nutritional value, desirable taste, and aroma. Mushrooms continue generating lots of interest chiefly in their consumption as food, as a cure for different ailments, as well as important goods for commerce throughout the globe owing to their dietary, antioxidant, and therapeutic values. Higher Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes mushrooms have different properties with anticancer and immunological potential. They as well provide vital health benefits and display a wide-ranging continuum of pharmacological effects. The antioxidant activity of different mushrooms was reviewed for different radicals including DPPH, ABTS, OH, Nitrite, metals, and lipid peroxidation. The present review presents pharmacological activities of different species of edible and medicinal mushrooms. This review provides tangible evidence that these mushrooms are an excellent source of natural constituents and antioxidants with potential application in pharmaceuticals and in treating and managing different diseases. [Display omitted] •Mushroom consumption has grown extraordinarily owing to their high nutritional value, desirable taste, and aroma.•Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes mushrooms have different properties with anticancer and immunological potential.•Extracts from mushrooms show moderately strong antioxidant effects on different radicals.•Edible and medicinal mushrooms are excellent sources of antioxidants with natural constituents.•These mushrooms can be applied in pharmaceutical purposes to treat and manage various diseases.