Biology of Macrofungi

About this book

Mushrooms are fleshy fungi with a high prospective for the production of secondary metabolites including extracellular enzymes with high agricultural and biotechnological significance. Worldwide, they are well recognized as supplementary foods due to their high nutritional values and their medicinal importance, which includes their uses in exhibiting antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, immune enhancer, and to be effective for the treatment of several diseases including diabetes and few types of cancers as well. According to recent studies, extracellular enzymes produced by several white-rot fungal strains such as Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Pleurotus sajor-caju and several mushrooms have shown a high capacity to decolorize dyes that are very harmful for the environment. Moreover, wild macrofungi have the capability to synthesize nanoparticles which are more useful for the treatment of cancer, gene therapy, DNA analysis and biosensors. Wild macrofungi are extremely important model for basic biology and commercial manufacture.

Contents

Preface

1. Exploration of macrofungi in sub-tropical semi-evergreen Indian forest ecosystems / Lallawmsanga, Ajit Kumar Passari and Bhim Pratap Singh
2. A Global Overview of Edible Mushrooms / Malarvizhi Kaliyaperumal, Kezhocuyi Kezo and Sugantha Gunaseelan
3. Molecular characterization of wild mushrooms: a paradigm shift from morphotyping / Madhusmita Borthakur and S.R. Joshi
4. Antimicrobial and hepatoprotective activities of edible mushrooms / Jasmina Glamoclija, Marina Kostic and Marina Sokovic
5. Mushroom-mediated Protection from Oxidative Damage to DNA / John A Buswell
6. Chemical and bioactive profiling of wild edible mushrooms / Katarzyna Sulkowska-Ziaja, Katarzyna Kala, Jan Lazur and Bozena Muszynska
7. Biotechnological requirements for the commercial cultivation of macrofungi: substrate and casing layer / Maria L. Tello, Margarita, Gail Preston, Jaime Carrasco and Perez
8. Role of mushroom fungi in decolourization of industrial dyes and degradation of agrochemicals / Sachin Gupta, Sudheer K. Annepu, Baby Summuna, Moni Gupta and Sunil A Nair
9. Mushrooms: Isolation and purification of exopolysaccharides / Yuxiao Wang, Xiaojun Huang and Shaoping Nie
10. Novel prospective of wild mushroom polysaccharides as potential prebiotics / Yuxiao Wang, Xiaojun Huang and Shaoping Nie
11. Pharmaceutic prodigy of ergosterol and protein profile of Ganoderma lucidum / Anna Goyal and Anu Kalia
12. Application of Wild Macrofungi as Anticancer Therapeutics / Cheong, Peter Chiew Hing, Tan, Chon Seng, Fung and Shin Yee
13. Recent advances in cultivation of edible mushrooms / Meena Kapahi
14. Medicinal mushrooms: Cultivation and pharmaceutical impact / Cheong, Peter Chiew Hing & Fung, Shin Yee, Tan, Chon Seng, Fung and Shin Yee
15. Biological control of microbial pathogens in edible mushrooms / Gail M. Preston, Jaime Carrasco, Francisco J. Gea and Maria J. Navarro
16. Cordycepin: A biotherapeutic molecule from medicinal mushroom / Mohammad Soltani, Roslinda Abd Malek, Nagib A. Elmarzugi, Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally, Davin Uy, Ong Mei Leng and Hesham A. El-Enshasy
17. Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles using Mushrooms / Anu Kalia and Gagandeep Kaur
18. Bioconversion and Biotransformation Efficiencies of Wild Macrofungi / Aparecido Almeida Conceicao, Joice Raisa Barbosa Cunha, Vandinelma Oliveira Vieira, Ruben Dario Romero Pelaez, Simone Mendonca, Joao Ricardo Moreira Almeida, Eustaquio Souza Dias, Euziclei Gonzaga de Almeida and Felix Goncalves de Siqueira
19. Wild macro-fungi from Northwest Himalayas: Future prospects and challenges / Monika Thakur

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