Functional polysaccharides from medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis as a potent food supplement: extraction, characterization and therapeutic potentials – a systematic review

Shashidhar, G. M. and Giridhar, P. and Manohar, B. (2015) Functional polysaccharides from medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis as a potent food supplement: extraction, characterization and therapeutic potentials – a systematic review. RSC Advances, 5. pp. 16050-16066.

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Abstract

As a rich source of novel polysaccharides, Cordyceps sinensis (CS), one of the valued traditional Chinese medicinal fungi, is a major focus of many natural products research efforts. More than 33 polysaccharides have been characterized till the date. Polysaccharides from CS possess a wide spectrum of biological activities like antitumor, antioxidant, immunomodulatory activity, kidney and lung protection, etc. This review covers the recent literature and updates the information on polysaccharides from CS, covering about 130 research articles emphasizing the isolation, characterization of polysaccharides and their biological functions.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	novel polysaccharides, Cordyceps sinensis, traditional Chinese medicinal fungi
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 08 Botanical sciences > 01 Botany > 03 Fungi 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 18 Processed foods > 04 Functional foods
Divisions:	Food Engineering Plant Cell Biotechnology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2012 05:24
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2016 08:11
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/10534

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