Open AccessBioactive Glucans from Edible Mushrooms: A Review
Author(s) -
Kaushik Ghosh,
Soumitra Mondal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2020.22862
Subject(s) - chemistry , polysaccharide , glucan , yeast , bacteria , antifungal , medicinal fungi , immune system , food science , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , immunology
Health promoting glucans are natural polysaccharides obtained from fungi, yeast, bacteria and plants.The glucans showed different pharmacological activities like immunomodulatory, antibacterial, antiviraland antitumor/cancer effects. A high level of biological activity was found in glucans, especiallyβ-(1→3)-D-glucans, β-(1→6)-D-glucans and β-(1→3), (1→6)-D-glucans from some ediblemushrooms and branched glucans having large molecular weights can also activate immune cells. The(1→3)-β-glucans are attractive materials not only in biotechnology but also in nanotechnology due toits strong helix-forming character. This review summarized the available knowledge of the structureof glucans, along with biological activities from different mushrooms.