Prospects of medicinal mushroom Flammulina velutipes usage in medical and pharmaceutical practices

Journal Title: Фармацевтичний журнал - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

Nowadays, well known in East medicine different mushroom’s medicinal properties are widely used in medications and bioactive supplements for therapy of different diseases. The purpose of our study was to determinatate the prospects of medicinal mushroom F. velutipes usage as a source of bioactive compounds for medicinal and preventive facilities. Methods of search, analysis, comparison, generalization and systematization of literary and electronic scientific publications about morphological features, chemical composition and pharmacological properties of medicinal mushroom were used. F. velutipes is one of the most popular edible mushrooms due to its biological activities. Its chemical composition is optimal to provide physiology functions of organism with matters and energy. Research datas of F. velutipes various bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, protein-glucan complex, sterols, lectins, peroxidases, proteases etc., show their ability to provide immunomodulating, antitumor, antioxidant, antihypertensive, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and other effects. Flammulina velutipes medicinal mushroom’s usage as a source of bioactive compounds for medicinal and preventive facilities, food and dietary supplements is a perspective direction of pharmaceutical technology.

Authors and Affiliations

V. P. Popovych, N. O. Koziko, T. A. Butkevych

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V. P. Popovych, N. O. Koziko, T. A. Butkevych (2015). Prospects of medicinal mushroom Flammulina velutipes usage in medical and pharmaceutical practices. Фармацевтичний журнал, 1(1), 70-75. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-574831