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Medicinal Uses of Mushroom: Amit Prasad

This document summarizes the medicinal uses of mushrooms. It discusses that mushrooms have over 12,000 species worldwide, with about 2,000 being edible and a few hundred used for medicinal purposes. Mushrooms provide various health benefits such as increasing antioxidant activity, enhancing the immune system, managing blood sugar levels, and supporting brain health. Specific mushrooms also have antimicrobial, anticancer, and immunomodulator properties. Beta-glucan, predominantly found in fungal cell walls, is known to stimulate the immune system. Some mushrooms with potential anti-cancer properties are discussed. While mushrooms can have medicinal properties, some toxic mushrooms contain alkaloids and should be avoided.

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Medicinal Uses of Mushroom: Amit Prasad

This document summarizes the medicinal uses of mushrooms. It discusses that mushrooms have over 12,000 species worldwide, with about 2,000 being edible and a few hundred used for medicinal purposes. Mushrooms provide various health benefits such as increasing antioxidant activity, enhancing the immune system, managing blood sugar levels, and supporting brain health. Specific mushrooms also have antimicrobial, anticancer, and immunomodulator properties. Beta-glucan, predominantly found in fungal cell walls, is known to stimulate the immune system. Some mushrooms with potential anti-cancer properties are discussed. While mushrooms can have medicinal properties, some toxic mushrooms contain alkaloids and should be avoided.

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Medicinal Uses of Mushroom

Presented by
AMIT PRASAD
ROLL -0012CEM16 NO-00036
Dept of chemistry and chemical technology
Vidyasagar university
INTRODUCTION

 A mushroom, is the fleshy, spore-bearing 


fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above
ground on soil or on its food source.

 There are over 12,000 wild species of mushrooms


worldwide and about 2000 species are edible.

 A couple of hundreds of wild species are used for


medicinal purposes.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF MUSHROOMS
 Increasing Antioxidant Activity

 Enhancing the Immune System

 Managing Blood Sugar Levels

 Supporting Brain Health

 Improving Exercise Performance


MEDICINAL ACTIVITIES OF
MUSHROOMS

 Antioxidant activity

 Antimicrobial activity

 Anticancer activity

 Immunomodulator activity
STRUCTURE OF ANTI-CANCER
COMPOUNDS ISOLATED FORM
MUSHROOMS
β-GLUCAN IN MUSHROOMS
 Is predominantly composed in the fugal cell wall
and is mostly composed of beta-D-glucose
 In many researches, beta-glucan effectively
stimulates the host immune response to defend
against bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic
infections.
 Moreover, it is known as biological response
modifier since it primarily achieves its disease
protective activity through modulating the host
immune system.
SOME MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS
WITH ANTI-CANCER POTENTIAL
TOXIC MUSHROOMS
There are some 70 to 80 species of mushrooms that are poisonous to humans; many of them contain toxic alkaloids .

Yellow-staining Mushroom Death Cap Mushroom


(Agaricus Xanthodermus) (Amanita phalloides)
CONCLUSION
 Several mushroom species have been pointed out
as sources of bioactive compounds, in addition to
their important nutritional value.

 In view of the current situation, the research of


bioactive components in edible wild and cultivated
mushrooms is yet deficient. There are numerous
potential characteristics and old and novel
properties, provided by mushrooms with
nutraceutical and health benefits, which deserve
further investigations.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my


project supervisor Dr. Sunil Kumar Bhanja for his valuable
help and guidance in completing the project.

Then I would like to thank my parents, friends who have help


me with their valuable suggestion and guidance in various
phases of the completion of the project.
10th july
Amit Prasad
Thank You

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