The pharmacological potential of mushrooms

U Lindequist, THJ Niedermeyer… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes pharmacologically active compounds from mushrooms. Compounds
and complex substances with antimicrobial, antiviral, antitumor, antiallergic …

The enigmatic world of fungal melanin: a comprehensive review

M Suthar, L Dufossé, SK Singh - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Synthetic dyes are generally not safe for human health or the environment, leading to the
continuous search and growing demand for natural pigments that are considered safer …

Purification and characterisation of a sulphur rich melanin from edible mushroom Termitomyces albuminosus Heim

RA De Souza, NM Kamat, VS Nadkarni - Mycology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Production, purification and characterisation of a black pigment from Termitomyces
albuminosus as melanin is reported, for the first time, from shaken submerged culture …

Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus

MW Lee, Hyeon-Hur, KC Chang, TS Lee, KH Ka… - Mycobiology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Inonotus obliquus is a fungus that causes white heart rot on several broad-leaved species.
This fungus forms typical charcoalblack, sterile conks (chaga) or cinder conks on infected …

Melanins from the Lichens Lobaria pulmonaria and Lobaria retigera as Eco-Friendly Adsorbents of Synthetic Dyes

A Rassabina, V Khabibrakhmanova, V Babaev… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Synthetic dyes are widely used in the industry; they are chemically stable, difficult to
neutralize, and therefore they are a threat to the environment when released into …

[HTML][HTML] Melanin from the Lichens Cetraria islandica and Pseudevernia furfuracea: Structural Features and Physicochemical Properties

AE Rassabina, OP Gurjanov, RP Beckett… - Biochemistry …, 2020 - Springer
Lichens are symbiotic photosynthesizing organisms with thalli formed by fungi and
algae/cyanobacteria that possess high stress tolerance. One of the factors that contributes to …

Bioactive compounds and bioactive properties of chaga (Inonotus obliquus) mushroom: a review

H Peng, F Shahidi - Journal of Food Bioactives, 2020 - isnff-jfb.com
Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is an edible herbal mushroom extensively distributed in the
temperate to frigid regions of the Northern hemisphere, especially the Baltic and Siberian …

[PDF][PDF] Humic substances as an environmental-friendly organic wastes potentially help as natural anti-virus to inhibit COVID-19

M Hafez, AI Popov, VN Zelenkov, TV Teplyakova… - Sci. Arch, 2020 - sciencearchives.org
The aim of this review was trying to access information to help the world in getting rid of a
nightmare COVID-19, by evaluating the anti-virus activity of humic substances as natural anti …

Insulin‐Sensitizing and Beneficial Lipid‐Metabolic Effects of the Water‐Soluble Melanin Complex Extracted from Inonotus obliquus

JH Lee, CK Hyun - Phytotherapy Research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Inonotus obliquus has been traditionally used for treatment of metabolic diseases; however,
the mechanism remains to be elucidated. In this study, we found that the water‐soluble …

Sterol composition in field-grown and cultured mycelia of Inonotus obliquus.

W Zheng, T Liu, XY Xiang, Q Gu - Yao xue xue bao= Acta …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Sterols are one of the active classes of compounds in Inonotus obliquus for their effective
therapy of many diseases. In field environment, this fungus accumulates large amount of …