TY  - CHAP
AU  - Clement Olusola Ogidi
AU  - Victor Olusegun Oyetayo
AU  - Bamidele Juliet Akinyele
ED  - Ajit Kumar Passari
ED  - Sergio Sánchez
Y1  - 2020-07-01
PY  - 2020
T1  - Wild Medicinal Mushrooms: Potential Applications in Phytomedicine and Functional Foods
N2  - The mushroom has a wide number of medicinal properties such as being an antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, immune enhancer, and also used for the treatment of various diseases such as anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretics, etc. According to current information, there are approximately twelve-thousand species in the world, and out of them, 2000 species are reported as being edible. Around 35 edible mushroom varieties are cultivated commercially, whereas almost 200 wild species could be used for medicinal purposes. This book also covers the diversity of edible mushrooms and describes several applications as an alternative source for food production and clinical approach. This book includes:    • the diverse types of mushroom and their enzymatic activity    • importance of nutritional properties along with their food product development     • industrial and clinical applications of macro fungi, i.e., degradation of dyes, anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, etc.
BT  - An Introduction to Mushroom
SP  - Ch. 7
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90291
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.90291
SN  - 978-1-78985-956-0
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-05-07
ER  -