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Phenolic extract from the fruiting body and spores of a medicinal mushroom - Ganoderma lucidum: investigating their antioxidant potential and antitumor cell growth inhibitory effects

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Resumo:Mushrooms are a source of bioactive compounds, some of them with antioxidant properties or with antitumour potential (1). Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most extensively studied mushrooms due to its medicinal properties, as functional food and as chemopreventive (2). Some of the pharmacological properties of its compounds (e.g. polysaccharides, glucoproteins, triterpenes and steroids) have been related to antitumor activity, including cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis (3). Nevertheless, the bioactive properties of its phenolic compounds remain unevaluated.
Autores principais:Heleno, Sandrina A.
Outros Autores:Tavares, Catarina; Vaz, Josiana A.; Almeida, Gabriela M.; Martins, Anabela; Queiroz, Maria João R.P.; Vasconcelos, M. Helena; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.
Ano:2012
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:documento de conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade Politécnica de Bragança
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Biblioteca Digital da UPB
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Resumo:Mushrooms are a source of bioactive compounds, some of them with antioxidant properties or with antitumour potential (1). Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most extensively studied mushrooms due to its medicinal properties, as functional food and as chemopreventive (2). Some of the pharmacological properties of its compounds (e.g. polysaccharides, glucoproteins, triterpenes and steroids) have been related to antitumor activity, including cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis (3). Nevertheless, the bioactive properties of its phenolic compounds remain unevaluated.

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