Mushrooms have been used extensively, owing to their nutritional and medicinal value, for
thousands of years. Modern research confirms the therapeutic effect of traditionally used …

Oxidative stress caused by an imbalanced metabolism and an excess of reactive oxygen
species (ROS) lead to a range of health disorders in humans. Our endogenous antioxidant …

Preventive medicine and food industry have shown an increased interest in the
development of natural antioxidants, since those most commonly used synthetic antioxidants …

Free radicals are one or more unpaired electrons containing reactive molecules, which can
damage nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, leading to several diseases …

In China, many species of edible wild-grown mushrooms are appreciated as food and also
found use in traditional Chinese medicine. In this mini-review, for the first time, is …

Despite the huge diversity of antibacterial compounds, bacterial resistance to first-choice
antibiotics has been drastically increasing. Moreover, the association between multiresistant …

Mushrooms have been long accomplished for their medicinal properties and bioactivity. The
ancients benefitted from it, even before they knew that there was more to mushrooms than …

Total phenolic and flavonoid contents occurring in eight types of edible mushrooms
(Agaricus bisporus, Boletus edulis, Calocybe gambosa, Cantharellus cibarius, Craterellus …

Numerous species of wild growing mushrooms are widely consumed as a delicacy in central
and eastern Europe. Credible evaluation of their nutritional value has so far been limited …

Maintenance of equilibrium between free radical production and antioxidant defences
(enzymatic and non enzymatic) is an essential condition for normal organism functioning …