Immunomodulatory activities of polysaccharides from Ganoderma on immune effector cells

L Ren, J Zhang, T Zhang - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are the most abundant bioactive compounds in Ganoderma and have been
widely used as dietary supplements in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years …

Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) an edible mushroom; a comprehensive and critical review of its nutritional, cosmeceutical, mycochemical, pharmacological, clinical, and …

R Ahmad, M Riaz, A Khan, A Aljamea… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reishi owes an exceptional value in nutritional, cosmeceutical, and medical treatments;
however, none of the studies has provided its future‐driven critical assessment. This study …

Macrofungi: A review of cultivation strategies, bioactivity, and application of mushrooms

H Lu, H Lou, J Hu, Z Liu, Q Chen - Comprehensive reviews in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The production of macrofungi (mushrooms) as well as their economic value have been
steadily increasing globally. The use of functional foods, dietary supplements, and traditional …

Medicinal plants and isolated molecules demonstrating immunomodulation activity as potential alternative therapies for viral diseases including COVID-19

HA Alhazmi, A Najmi, SA Javed, S Sultana… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plants have been extensively studied since ancient times and numerous important chemical
constituents with tremendous therapeutic potential are identified. Attacks of microorganisms …

A review of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides: Health benefit, structure–activity relationship, modification, and nanoparticle encapsulation

F Kou, Y Ge, W Wang, Y Mei, L Cao, X Wei… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides possess unique functional properties. Various
processing technologies have been used to produce and modify G. lucidum …

Immunomodulatory function and anti-tumor mechanism of natural polysaccharides: A review

Y Ying, W Hao - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Polysaccharides extracted from natural resources have attracted extensive attention in
biomedical research and pharmaceutical fields, due to their medical values in anti-tumor …

Therapeutic potential and nutritional significance of Ganoderma lucidum–a comprehensive review from 2010 to 2022

MS Swallah, P Bondzie-Quaye, Y Wu… - Food & function, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With a long history in traditional Asian medicine, Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) is a
mushroom species suggested to improve health and extend life. Its medicinal reputation has …

Can medicinal mushrooms have prophylactic or therapeutic effect against COVID‐19 and its pneumonic superinfection and complicating inflammation?

G Hetland, E Johnson… - Scandinavian journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Medicinal mushrooms have documented effects against different diseases, including
infections and inflammatory disorders. The related Basidiomycota Agaricus blazei Murill …

Narrative review: Bioactive potential of various mushrooms as the treasure of versatile therapeutic natural product

H Chopra, AK Mishra, AA Baig, TK Mohanta… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mushrooms have remained an eternal part of traditional cuisines due to their beneficial
health potential and have long been recognized as a folk medicine for their broad spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of immunomodulatory effects of three polysaccharide fractions from Lentinula edodes water extracts

S Chen, C Liu, X Huang, L Hu, Y Huang, H Chen… - Journal of Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lentinula edodes (L. edodes) is a type of edible mushroom which is known to beneficially
support the immune system. In this study, three polysaccharide fractions (F1, F2 and F3) …