title: Antioxidant capacity of several Iranian, wild and cultivated strains of the button mushroom.
abstract: The white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, is the most commonly grown mushroom in Iran; however, there is a significant shortage of research on its antioxidant activity and other medicinal properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate antioxidant capacity of the methanolic extracts from four cultivated strains and four Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS)-identified, Iranian wild isolates of A. bisporus. Evaluations were made for total phenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins, and 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity. Overall, results showed that all the wild isolates exhibited significantly lower DPPH-derived EC50, compared to the cultivated strains (p < 0.05). A relatively high relationship was observed between total phenols and flavonoids or anthocyanins (r(2) > 0.60). However, these constituents could not statistically differentiate the group of wild samples from the cultivated ones, and there was low correlation with the DPPH-derived EC50s (r(2) < 0.40). In conclusion, comparisons showed that wild isolate 4 and cultivated strains A15 and H1 had higher antioxidant capacity than the others (p < 0.05). This result identifies these mushrooms as good candidates for further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Fungi Biotechnology Research Department, Research Institute for Industrial Biotechnology, Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research, Mashhad, Iran .
authors.forename: Faezeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tajalli
authors.affiliation: Industrial Fungi Biotechnology Research Department, Research Institute for Industrial Biotechnology, Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research, Mashhad, Iran .
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malekzadeh
authors.affiliation: Industrial Fungi Biotechnology Research Department, Research Institute for Industrial Biotechnology, Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research, Mashhad, Iran .
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soltanian
authors.affiliation: Industrial Fungi Biotechnology Research Department, Research Institute for Industrial Biotechnology, Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research, Mashhad, Iran .
authors.forename: Javad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janpoor
authors.affiliation: Industrial Fungi Biotechnology Research Department, Research Institute for Industrial Biotechnology, Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research, Mashhad, Iran .
authors.forename: Sharareh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rezaeian
authors.affiliation: Industrial Fungi Biotechnology Research Department, Research Institute for Industrial Biotechnology, Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research, Mashhad, Iran .
authors.forename: Hamid R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Pourianfar
mesh_terms: D000364:Agaricus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D010851:Picrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D000975:Antioxidants; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D010851:Picrates; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C004931:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl
keywords: Agaricus bisporus; anthocyanins; antioxidant capacity; methanolic extract; wild mushrooms