Cytoprotective ability of polysaccharides isolated from different edible mushrooms was investigated on the 7-ketocholesterol-induced damaged cell line. Polysaccharide extracts from six different edible mushrooms-Flammulina velutipes, Peurotus ostreatus, Lentinus edodes, Agrocybe aegerita, Agaricus blazei, and Cordyceps militaris- were prepared by hot water extraction and alcohol precipitation. ...

Antimicrobial efficacy of the water or methanolic extracts three medicinal mushrooms Taiwanofungus camphoratus, Agaricus blazei Murrill, and Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst were investigated against yeast filamentous fungal pathogens as well commensal pathogenic bacteria. The extract T. camphoratus (TcM) exhibited both potent antifungal antibacterial activity, while (TcW) showed limited act...