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T1 Structural Features and Healthy Properties of Polysaccharides Occurring in Mushrooms
A1 Villares, Ana
A1 Mateo-Vivaracho, Laura
A1 Guillamón, Eva
K1 polysaccharides
K1 carbohydrates
K1 mushroom
K1 fungus
K1 biological response modifier
AB Polysaccharides from mushrooms have attracted a great deal of attention due tothe many healthy benefits they have demonstrated, such as immunomodulation, anticanceractivity, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, antiviral and antimicrobialeffects, among others. Isolation and purification of polysaccharides commonly involveseveral steps, and different techniques are actually available in order to increase extractionyield and purity. Studies have demonstrated that the molecular structure and arrangementsignificantly influence the biological activity; therefore, there is a wide range of analyticaltechniques for the elucidation of chemical structures. Different polysaccharideshave been isolated from mushrooms, most of them consisting of β-linked glucans, such aslentinan from Lentinus edodes, pleuran from Pleurotus species, schizophyllan fromSchizophyllum commune, calocyban from Calocybe indica, or ganoderan and ganopolyfrom Ganoderma lucidum. This article reviews the main methods of polysaccharideisolation and structural characterization, as well as some of the most importantpolysaccharides isolated from mushrooms and the healthy benefits they provide.
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0472
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82438
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/82438
LA eng
NO Agriculture 2012, 2, 452-471; doi:10.3390/agriculture2040452
DS UVaDOC
RD 02-feb-2026