Mushrooms: A potential natural source of anti‐inflammatory compounds for medical applications

EA Elsayed, H El Enshasy… - Mediators of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
For centuries, macrofungi have been used as food and medicine in different parts of the
world. This is mainly attributed to their nutritional value as a potential source of …

Mushroom nutrition as preventative healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa

T Fernandes, C Garrine, J Ferrão, V Bell, T Varzakas - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The defining characteristics of the traditional Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) cuisine have been
the richness in indigenous foods and ingredients, herbs and spices, fermented foods and …

Ethnomycological study of edible and medicinal mushrooms in Menge District, Asossa zone, Benshangul Gumuz region, Ethiopia

R Sitotaw, E Lulekal, D Abate - Journal of ethnobiology and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Menge District has long been inhabited by people who have a long
tradition of using wild mushrooms mainly as food, source of income, and medicine …

Mushrooms and truffles: historical biofactories for complementary medicine in Africa and in the middle East

H El Enshasy, EA Elsayed, R Aziz… - Evidence‐Based …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The ethnopharmaceutical approach is important for the discovery and development of
natural product research and requires a deep understanding not only of biometabolites …

Medicinal components in Termitomyces mushrooms

HM Hsieh, YM Ju - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Termitomyces is a genus of edible mushrooms commonly consumed in Africa and Asia
among the mushrooms collected from the wild. Termitomyces mushrooms grow as …

Uses and importance of wild fungi: traditional knowledge from the Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

H Milenge Kamalebo… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2018 - Springer
Background Wild mushrooms constitute an important non-timber forest product that provides
diverse substances and services, especially food and income for local communities from …

Wild mushroom-an underutilized healthy food resource and income generator: experience from Tanzania rural areas

DD Tibuhwa - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2013 - Springer
Background This study documents the use of a wild edible mushroom (WEM) in Tanzania
rural areas and assesses its significance as a source of healthy food and income for the …

Neurite outgrowth stimulatory effects of culinary-medicinal mushrooms and their toxicity assessment using differentiating Neuro-2a and embryonic fibroblast BALB/3T3

CW Phan, P David, M Naidu, KH Wong… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2013 - Springer
Background Mushrooms are not only regarded as gourmet cuisine but also as therapeutic
agent to promote cognition health. However, little toxicological information is available …

Ethnomycological conspectus of West African mushrooms: an awareness document

O Osemwegie, J Okhuoya, T Dania - Advances in Microbiology, 2014 - eprints.lmu.edu.ng
The ethnological knowledge of mushrooms despite its millennial existence and its empirical
documentation are more recent phenomena. In Africa, the knowledge of their historical uses …

Ethnomycological prospect of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms from Central and Southern Africa—A review

C Bastos, Â Liberal, M Moldão, L Catarino… - Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In several regions of Africa, the daily diet is partly dependent on the edible products from
wild animals, plants, and mushrooms, driven by their availability, wide distribution in the …