Some Antiviral Mushrooms of Nepal

The present paper is a review based on published articles to highlight some potential antiviral mushrooms, which are also found in Nepal. Nepalese mushrooms have not yet been analyzed and investigated so far for their antiviral properties except antioxidant and ACE-Inhibition sources of 62 Nepalese mushrooms as evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine. OphicordycepsSinensiswas screened for its chemical compound in Nepal The published paper from abroad includes the species like Calvatia gigantia, Cordyceps militaris, Cortinarius caperatus, Fomes fomentarius, Ganoderma lucidum, Grifolafrondosa, HericiumErinaceus, Inonotushispidus, Inonotus obliquus, Lentinula edodes, Omphalotusilludens, Ophiocordyceps Sinensis, Phellinus Ignarius, Pleurotus citrinopileatus, Pleurotus eryngii. Pleurotus ostreatus, Polyporus Umbellatus, Russula Delica.Schizophyllum commune, Scleroderma citrinum, Tremella sp., and Trametes Versicolor are also found in the natural temperate (Schima – Castanopsis- Rhododendron – Quercus) forests of Kathmandu valley. This paper may provide the researchers with a glimpse of the aspects of the experiment and lead to investigate on medicinal, antiviral, and antibacterial properties of mushrooms found in Nepal.

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Medicinal properties of fungi occurring on Betula sp. trees. A review

Herba Polonica ◽

10.1515/hepo-2016-0018 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 62 (3) ◽

pp. 63-76

Author(s):

Joanna Smolibowska ◽

Marcin Szymański ◽

Arkadiusz Szymański

Keyword(s):

Ganoderma Lucidum ◽

Lentinula Edodes ◽

Human Organism ◽

Inonotus Obliquus ◽

Fomes Fomentarius ◽

Anti Cancer ◽

Lenzites Betulina ◽

Medicinal Properties

Summary The article presents the chemical costituents and pharmacological properties of polyporoid fungi found on birch, namely Piptoporus betulinus, Inonotus obliquus, Lenzites betulina, Fomes fomentarius, and Trametes versicolor. The in vitro and in vivo studies on the effect of different extracts from above-mentioned fungi on the human organism shown anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial and immunostimulant activity, conditioned by the presence of such compounds as polysaccharides, polyphenols or terpenes. These fungi are commonly found in Poland and may superbly compete with Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) or Lentinula edodes (Shitake) used in Asia for medicinal purposes.

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Terpenoids and Sterols from Some Japanese Mushrooms

Natural Product Communications ◽

10.1177/1934578x1400900332 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 1934578X1400900 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Yasunori Yaoita ◽

Masao Kikuchi ◽

Koichi Machida

Keyword(s):

Lentinula Edodes ◽

Chemical Constituents ◽

Structural Features ◽

Tricholoma Matsutake ◽

Pholiota Nameko ◽

The Past ◽

Polyporus Umbellatus ◽

Hericium Erinaceum ◽

New Compounds ◽

Hypsizigus Marmoreus

Over the past twenty years, our research group has been studying the chemical constituents of mushrooms. From nineteen species, namely, Amanita virgineoides Bas (Amanitaceae), Daedaleopsis tricolor (Bull.: Fr.) Bond. et Sing. (Polyporaceae), Grifola frondosa (Fr.) S. F. Gray (Polyporaceae), Hericium erinaceum (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. (Hericiaceae), Hypsizigus marmoreus (Peck) Bigelow (Tricholomataceae), Lactarius piperatus (Scop.: Fr.) S. F. Gray (Russulaceae), Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Sing. (Pleurotaceae), Lyophyllyum connatum (Schum.: Fr.) Sing. (Tricholomataceae), Naematoloma sublateritium (Fr.) Karst. (Strophariaceae), Ompharia lapidescens Schroeter (Polyporaceae), Panellus serotinus (Pers.: Fr.) Kuhn. (Tricholomataceae), Pholiota nameko (T. Ito) S. Ito et Imai in Imai (Strophariaceae), Pleurotus eringii (DC.: Fr.) Quel. (Pleurotaceae), Polyporus umbellatus Fries (Polyporaceae), Russula delica Fr. (Russulaceae), Russula sanguinea (Bull.) Fr. (Russulaceae), Sarcodon aspratus (Berk.) S. Ito (Thelephoraceae), Tricholoma matsutake (S. Ito et Imai) Sing. (Tricholomataceae), and Tricholoma portentosum (Fr.) Quel. (Tricholomataceae), we isolated eight new sesquiterpenoids, six new meroterpenoids, three new triterpenoids, and twenty eight new sterols. In this review, structural features of these new compounds are discussed.

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