title: Free-radical scavenging activity of submerged mycelium extracts from higher basidiomycetes mushrooms.
abstract: Twenty-four Basidiomycetes strains were evaluated to determine their free-radical scavenging capacity in submerged cultivation. The scavenging capacity of the extracts varied from 1 to 85% depending on the mushroom species, solvent used, and concentration. A calculation of EC(50) of extracts from several wood-rotting Basidiomycetes showed high scavenging abilities at low effective concentration.
authors: Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
authors: Mikheil D
authors: MD
authors: Asatiani
authors: Vladimir I
authors: VI
authors: Elisashvili
authors: Solomon P
authors: SP
authors: Wasser
authors: Abraham Z
authors: AZ
authors: Reznick
authors: Eviatar
authors: E
authors: Nevo
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000378:metabolism*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000378:metabolism*; D025282:Mycelium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers