title: Comprehensive Evaluation of the Antioxidant Potential of Coastal Dune Mushroom Species from the Southwest of France.
abstract: Numerous mushroom species are used as food and for medicinal purposes; however, many species that may contain bioactive compounds remain underinvestigated. In this study, the antioxidant properties of extracts sequentially isolated with cyclohexane, dichloromethane, and methanol from 25 costal dune mushroom species collected in the southwestern region of France were evaluated based on their radical scavenging capacity, ferric-reducing antioxidant power, oxygen radical absorbance capacity, and Folin-Ciocalteu-determined total phenolic content. Overall, the antioxidant potential of dried mushrooms was assessed using integrated antioxidant scores. The highest antioxidant capacity values were demonstrated by the Cortinarius infractus, Agaricus coniferarum, A. menieri, and A. freirei species. These results may foster further studies of the selected mushroom species to valorize their nutritional and medicinal properties.
authors.affiliation: Universite de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle UMR 1010 INRA/INP-ENSIACET 4 allee Emile Monso, Toulouse, France; Department of Food Science and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smolskaite
authors.affiliation: Universite de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle UMR 1010 INRA/INP-ENSIACET 4 allee Emile Monso, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Talou
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Petras Rimantas
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Venskutonis
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis*; D002457:Cell Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D005602:France; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002457:Cell Extracts; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010636:Phenols