Biologically active polysaccharide from edible mushrooms: A review

Mushrooms are renewable natural gift for humankind, furnished with unique taste, flavor and medicinal properties. For the last few decades study of mushroom polysaccharides has become a matter of great interest to the researchers for their immunomodulating, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and antitumor properties. Molecular mass, branching configuration, conformation of polysaccharides and chemical modification are the major factors influencing their biological activities. The mechanism of action of mushroom polysaccharides is to stimulate T-cells, Bells, natural killer cells, and macrophage dependent immune responses via binding to receptors like the toll-like receptor-2, dectin-1. The present review offers summarized and significant information about the structural and biological properties of mushroom polysaccharides, and their potential for development of therapeutic materials. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Mushroom polysaccharides have immunomodulating, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and antitumor properties, and their mechanism of action is to stimulate immune responses. Research on the structure and biological properties of mushroom polysaccharides is of potential significance for the development of therapeutic materials.