Journal
FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 589-607Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2020.1740245
Keywords
Cultivation; multi-omics; Sanghuangporus; systematics; wood-inhabiting fungi
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- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2017240]
- Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences [KFJ-BRP-017-12]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31772376, 31970012]
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'Sanghuang' is a group of medicinal macrofungi that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. It possesses various medicinal properties including anti-tumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, and hepatoprotective effects. Four directions are proposed to improve the sustainable utilization of 'Sanghuang' resources.
'Sanghuang' is one of the most important groups of medicinal macrofungi and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for the past two centuries. However, knowledge about 'Sanghuang' is distributed in journals of different disciplines, which has meant it is not well known. To facilitate the benefit of 'Sanghuang' to human health, here we summarize its current status as a group of medicinal macrofungi. 'Sanghuang' consists of all members of the genus Sanghuangporus, which now accommodates 14 described species distributed around the world. The powders or chips of basidiocarps as supplements are the main method of consumption. In the case that wild basidiocarps of 'Sanghuang' are not sufficient, cultivation is supposed to provide a solution to promote the long-term utilization of 'Sanghuang' basidiocarps. 'Sanghuang' mainly possesses antitumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, and other medicinal properties. Polysaccharides, polyphenols, pyrones, and terpenes are the main metabolites responsible for these medicinal functions. Finally, four directions are proposed to improve the sustainable utilization of 'Sanghuang' resources, viz. accurate identification and standard deposition, documentation of species diversity, multi-omics analyses, and a cover-all database. Hopefully, this review will draw more attention to the utilization of 'Sanghuang' as medicinal mushrooms in a large scale of industry.
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