AGARICOMYCETES MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS WITH POTENTIAL NEUROPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY GROWING IN ARMENIA

Authors

  • S.M. Badalyan Laboratory of Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Biomedicine, YSU, Armenia
  • S. Rapior Laboratoire de Botanique, Phytochimie et Mycologie, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS – Université de Montpellier – Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier – EPHE – IRD, Montpellier, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/PYSU:B/2020.54.3.196

Keywords:

agaricomycetes, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, mushrooms, neurodegenerative, neuroprotective

Abstract

The Agaricomycetes mushrooms (phylum Basidiomycota) are recognised sources of valuable food and medicines. They are producers of bioactive compounds (phenolics, polysaccharides, proteins, steroids, terpenoids, etc.) possessing around 130 therapeutic effects (antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, etc.). Mushrooms are also reported as potential neurotrophic and neuroprotective agents. Seventeen edible and inedible agaricomycetous species from different taxonomic and ecological groups have been reported in Armenia to possess neuroprotective activity. Evaluation resource value and biotechnological potential of Armenian agaricomycetous mushrooms will assist further development of novel myco-pharmaceuticals to prevent and mitigate different disorders, including neurodegenerative.

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Published

2020-12-15

How to Cite

Badalyan, S.M., and S. Rapior. 2020. “AGARICOMYCETES MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS WITH POTENTIAL NEUROPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY GROWING IN ARMENIA”. Proceedings of the YSU B: Chemical and Biological Sciences 54 (3 (253):196-203. https://doi.org/10.46991/PYSU:B/2020.54.3.196.

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Biology