Mushrooms have been consumed since earliest history; ancient Greeks believed that
mushrooms provided strength for warriors in battle, and the Romans perceived them as the …

Mushrooms are globally appreciated for their nutritional value and medicinal properties.
Their cultivation is an effective bioconversion technology of transforming wastes and woods …

A critical review of recent studies on Application of Mushroom as Food and Medicine was
conducted from the nutritional contents point of view and as medicinal value. In the review …

Mushrooms have become attractive as a functional food and as a source of drugs and
nutraceuticals due to their antioxidant, antitumor and antimicrobial properties. Besides their …

Mushrooms had long been used for medicinal and food purposes since decades. It is now
increasingly recognized that correct diet, controls and modulates many functions of human …

Edible mushrooms are fungi that can be seen with the naked eye and are relatively easy to
gather by hand. This review article highlights the health benefit and the biochemistry of …

Highlights•Edible mushrooms have been consumed by many cultures for centuries.•They
are source of fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals and poor in calories and fat.•Biological …

Mushrooms are well-known functional foods due to the presence of a huge quantity of
nutraceutical components. These are well recognized for their nutritional importance such as …

Mushrooms are an important natural source of foods and medicines. Traditional aboriginals
knew the medicinal importance of edible and wild mushrooms and these are now being …

The target of the present review is to draw attention to many critically important unsolved
problems in the future development of medicinal mushroom science in the twenty-first …