Author(s): Sukesh Patra

Abstract:
The biodiversity of mushrooms is exciting due to its variability and diversity related to the composition of chemical structures such as polysaccharides, glycoproteins and secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, flavonoids etc. Recent studies of polysaccharides and their structural characterization have provided to direct research and development of technologies related to pharmacological action, production of bioactive foods and application of new and more sophisticated extraction tools. Pleurotus ostreatus is a valuable mushroom of dietary importance. It is rich in primary and secondary metabolites and chemical elements of physiological significance. In this review article the extraction, purification, structural analysis and biological activities of polysaccharides from this mushroom and provides updated research progress in areas important for the processing and product development of Pleurotus ostreatus derived agents.

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