Developments in Medicinal Mushroom Biology and Therapeutic Properties
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Developments in Medicinal Mushroom Biology and Therapeutic Properties

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Developments in Medicinal Mushroom Biology and Therapeutic Properties

About this book

Medicinal mushrooms have a long history of use in traditional ancient therapies and contemporary research has validated much of ancient knowledge. The recent research achievements in medicinal mushrooms during the last two decades have given confidence that medicinal mushrooms can contribute greatly to st healthcare of humans in 21 century. Clinical practice now in Japan, China, Korea, Russia and several South eastern countries and more recently in USA have recognized the beneficial effects of mushroom derived preparations and their use in therapy. Market for mushroom nutraceuticals in USA is about $ 15 billion today and the market is growing fast worldwide. Developments in Medicinal Mushroom Biology and Therapeutic Properties addresses the relevance and use of medicinal mushrooms in healthcare. The current book is a compilation of articles written by eminent researchers actively working on ethnomycology, biodiversity and conservation, cultivation, chemistry, pharmacology, practical application, toxicity and therapeutic uses of medicinal mushrooms. Broad range of health concern and the failure of modern medicine to treat several disease conditions makes it an essential reading for students, teachers, clinicians and researchers in health profession as well as biologists, microbiologists and others in biomedical research. The book will be immensely useful to pharmaceutical industries interested in the development of natural product based medicines, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals and drugs.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Foreword
  3. Message
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. List of Contributors
  6. 1. My years of experience in practical application of medicinal mushrooms
  7. 2. Mushrooms as food, dietary supplements and medicine - Present statusand future needs
  8. 3. Reishi - Ganoderma lucidum : King of Herbs- A medical wonder
  9. 4. Medicinal and chemical aspects of some wild mushrooms occurring in Kashmir-India
  10. 5. Chinese caterpillar mushroom Cordyceps sinensis : history, biology, collection, culture and medicinal use for cure of human diseases
  11. 6. Ethnomycology and Ethnopharmacology of some edible and medicinalmushrooms
  12. 7. Ganoderma lucidum - A potential medicinal mushroom: It’s cultivationand commercial production
  13. 8. Medicinal mushrooms- scope for cultivation in Kerala
  14. 9. Biodiversity of tropical Basidiomycetes from Konkan region and their biological properties
  15. 10. Recent developments in the prospect of mushrooms asnephroprotective agents : A review
  16. 11. Infuence of substrate and supplementation on mycelia growth and yield of Lentinus edodes
  17. 12. Ganoderma lucidum terpenes- New scope in cancer therapy
  18. 13. Cultivation of edible and medicinal mushrooms in Kerala
  19. 14. Ganoderma lucidum (Fr.) P. Karst: A promising target to amelioratemitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease?
  20. 15. Diversity and conservation of medicinal mushrooms of India
  21. 16. Evaluation of the safety of proprietary products of Ganoderma lucidum(Fr.) P.Karst : A preclinical study
  22. 17. Antineoplastic properties of polysaccharides from Phellinus species with special emphasis to Phellinus rimosus (Berk) Pilat
  23. 18. South Indian medicinal mushrooms - a potential source for anticancer drugs
  24. 19. Medicinal mushrooms as a source of immunomodulatory compounds