Wound healing and the use of medicinal plants

A Shedoeva, D Leavesley, Z Upton… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cutaneous wound healing is the process by which skin repairs itself. It is generally accepted
that cutaneous wound healing can be divided into 4 phases: haemostasis, inflammation …

Mushroom polysaccharides: chemistry and antiobesity, antidiabetes, anticancer, and antibiotic properties in cells, rodents, and humans

M Friedman - Foods, 2016 - mdpi.com
More than 2000 species of edible and/or medicinal mushrooms have been identified to date,
many of which are widely consumed, stimulating much research on their health-promoting …

Trends of utilizing mushroom polysaccharides (MPs) as potent nutraceutical components in food and medicine: A comprehensive review

Y Mingyi, T Belwal, HP Devkota, L Li, Z Luo - Trends in Food Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Mushroom polysaccharides (MPs) act as a functional food and perform
diverse biological activities. Significance of MPs in various health promoting products have …

Fungal exopolysaccharides: Properties, sources, modifications, and biomedical applications

M Hamidi, OV Okoro, PB Milan, MR Khalili… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fungal exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are natural biopolymers with diverse potential
applications in the biomedical, packaging, cosmetic, and food industries. Fungal EPSs are …

Anti-diabetic effects of Ganoderma lucidum

HT Ma, JF Hsieh, ST Chen - Phytochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Ganoderma lucidum is a white rot fungus widely used as a tonic for the promotion of
longevity and health. Extracts of G. lucidum have been recognized as an alternative …

Botanical ingredient forensics: detection of attempts to deceive commonly used analytical methods for authenticating herbal dietary and food ingredients and …

S Gafner, M Blumenthal, S Foster… - Journal of Natural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Botanical ingredients are used widely in phytomedicines, dietary/food supplements,
functional foods, and cosmetics. Products containing botanical ingredients are popular …

Wound healing effects of a Curcuma zedoaria polysaccharide with platelet-rich plasma exosomes assembled on chitosan/silk hydrogel sponge in a diabetic rat model

N Xu, L Wang, J Guan, C Tang, N He, W Zhang… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
One homogeneous polysaccharide (ZWP) was successfully isolated and purified from the
rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria and the aim of present study was to determine the potential …

Valorization of mushroom by-products as a source of value-added compounds and potential applications

F Antunes, S Marçal, O Taofiq, A MMB Morais… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, the food sector is highly concerned with environmental issues and foreseen to
develop strategies to reduce waste and losses resulting from activities developed in the food …

Recent progress in research on the pharmacological potential of mushrooms and prospects for their clinical application

SM Badalyan, A Barkhudaryan, S Rapior - Medicinal mushrooms: recent …, 2019 - Springer
Fungi are considered one of the most diverse, ecologically significant, and economically
important organisms on Earth. The edible and medicinal mushrooms have long been known …

Recent progress in development of dressings used for diabetic wounds with special emphasis on scaffolds

A Awasthi, M Gulati, B Kumar, J Kaur… - BioMed Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetic wound (DW) is a secondary application of uncontrolled diabetes and affects about
42.2% of diabetics. If the disease is left untreated/uncontrolled, then it may further lead to …