Prof. Sergio Sánchez is working as Professor in the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and has more than fifty years of research experience in the fields of genomics, molecular biology, proteomics, secondary metabolites production, transcriptomics, and PGPR. Prof. Sánchez has been awarded several honors like Fellow, National Institutes of Health in 1974-1975, and Fellow, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología in 1973-1974.
Wild edible mushrooms have a high nutritional property that has been consumed by people from different parts of the world, producing a wide variety of bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, peptides, glycoproteins, triterpenoids, lipids, and their derivatives. In the world, multidrug-resistant pathogens have been increasing drastically, and it is very urgent to search for alternative solutions to fight against multidrug-resistant pathogens. Moreover, unhealthy foods, ultraviolet radiation, as well as other environmental effects, are responsible for generating free radicals, oxidative stress, and numerous health diseases. Hence, the wild edible mushroom could be an alternative source of new antimicrobial potential and possesses antioxidant properties that can play significant roles in preventing various health diseases. In this book chapter, we focus on investigating the antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of wild edible mushrooms and their bioactive compound production.
Part of the book: An Introduction to Mushroom