Free-radical scavenging activity of submerged mycelium extracts from higher basidiomycetes mushrooms.
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.
Asatiani
Mikheil D
MD
Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Elisashvili
Vladimir I
VI
Wasser
Solomon P
SP
Reznick
Abraham Z
AZ
Nevo
Eviatar
E
D000363:Agaricales / Q000378:metabolism*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000378:metabolism*; D025282:Mycelium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
D000975:Antioxidants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers