Versatile applications of the culinary-medicinal mushroom Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii (Berk.) Maas G. (Higher Basidiomycetes): a review

Int J Med Mushrooms. 2012;14(4):395-401. doi: 10.1615/intjmedmushr.v14.i4.70.

Abstract

Higher Basidiomycetes medicinal mushroom Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii has become attractive as a natural health product because of its antihypertensive effects on human health. Moreover, the food industry is especially interested in the preparation of the nutritional tonic of this mushroom. Various studies on this mushroom have shown that it has antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and antioxidant effects. The aim of this review is to report the present findings from studies on this mushroom and to discuss its future prospects.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / chemistry
  • Antihypertensive Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Basidiomycota / chemistry*
  • Nerve Growth Factors / chemistry
  • Nerve Growth Factors / pharmacology*
  • Neuroprotective Agents / chemistry
  • Neuroprotective Agents / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Antioxidants
  • Nerve Growth Factors
  • Neuroprotective Agents