title: Comparative study of contents of several bioactive components in fruiting bodies and mycelia of culinary-medicinal mushrooms.
abstract: Mushrooms (including fruiting bodies and mycelia) contain several bioactive components such as lovastatin, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and ergothioneine. This article reports the results of 49 samples, including 9 fruiting bodies, 39 mycelia, and 1 vegetative cell, of 35 species of culinary-medicinal mushrooms from 18 genera: Agaricus, Agrocybe, Coprinus, Cordyceps, Cyathus, Daedalia, Flammulina, Fomes, Ganoderma, Grifola, Laetiporus, Lentinus, Morchella, Ophiocordyceps, Pleurotus, Trametes, Tremella, and Verpa. The results show that Cyathus striatus strain 978 contained the highest amount of lovastatin (995.66 mg/kg) in mycelia. Among fruiting bodies, 6 samples contained a high amount of GABA (274.86-822.45 mg/kg), whereas among mycelia, contents of GABA in 27 samples ranged from 215.36 to 2811.85 mg/kg. Among mycelia, Pleurotus cornucopiae strain 1101 contained the highest amount of ergothioneine (3482.09 mg/kg). Overall, these 3 bioactive components were commonly found in most mushrooms, and the results obtained might be related to their beneficial effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shin-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yu-Kai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui-Tzu
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Gayane S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Barseghyan
authors.forename: Mikheil D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Asatiani
authors.forename: Solomon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wasser
authors.forename: Jeng-Leun
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mau
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D004880:Ergothioneine / Q000737:chemistry; D048690:Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000737:chemistry; D025282:Mycelium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D008148:Lovastatin; D004880:Ergothioneine