title: Evaluation of nutraceutical components and antioxidant potential of north Indian wild culinary-medicinal Termitophilous mushrooms.
abstract: Mushrooms have long been treated as a delicacy. Nowadays, however, many researchers consider them to be nutraceutical foods. The objective of this study was to determine the nutraceutical components in 7 edible species of Termitomyces (T. microcarpus, T. radicatus, T. badius, T. medius, T. heimii, T. striatus, and T. mammiformis) collected from different localities in North India during the monsoon season; their antioxidant properties also were determined by DPPH free radical scavenging ability and reducing power ability. The various nutraceutical components evaluated include phenolics (15.0-25.85 mg/g), flavonoids (1.38-2.02 mg/g), ascorbic acid (0.018-0.15 mg/g), β-carotene (0.11-0.27 µg/g), and lycopene (0.03-0.19 µg/g).
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab-147002 (India). babita.thkr@gmail.com
authors.forename: Babita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atri
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000032:analysis*; D007194:India; D010851:Picrates / Q000737:chemistry; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D010851:Picrates; C004931:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl; D001205:Ascorbic Acid