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Laricifomes officinalis is a medicinal wood-inhabiting fungus renowned for its health benefits, particularly in traditional European medicine for the prevention and treatment of pulmonary conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Beyond its therapeutic applications, L. officinalis plays an important ecological role by contributing to...
This study investigates the mycochemical profile and biological activities of hydroethanolic (EtOH), chloroform (CHCl3), and hot water (H2O) extracts of Sanghuangporus lonicerinus from Uzbekistan. Antioxidant capacity was assessed using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2′-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS), NO, and FRAP...
The high antioxidant content of mushrooms such as polyphenols, polysaccharides, carotenoids, ergothioneine, glutathione, vitamins, and other compounds, has sparked interest in their potential use in preventive and therapeutic medicine. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant potential of various macrofungi by measuring 1,1-diphenyl-...
Central Asia, located at the heart of Eurasia, is renowned for its varied climate and vertical vegetative distribution, which support diverse biomes and position it as a global biodiversity hotspot. Despite this ecological richness, Central Asia's fungal diversity, particularly wood-inhabiting macrofungi, remains largely unexplored. This study inve...
Abstract: Lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum Raf. Shinn.) is a valued plant known for its diverse flower
colors and long vase life. Despite considerable research on the physiological roles of osmolytes,
polyamines, and phenolic compounds, there is a lack of understanding regarding their specific accumulation patterns across various lisianthus cultiva...
This study explores the bioactivity potential of four indigenous Ganoderma species from northern Serbia (G. applanatum, G. lucidum, G. pfeifferi, and G. resinaceum), comparing antioxidant and anti-acetylcholinesterase (anti-AChE) properties. The mycochemical profile, including ethanol (EtOH), water (H2O), and chloroform (CHCl3) extracts, was analys...
Medicinal mushrooms, especially Ganoderma species, hold immense promise for the production of a wide range of bioactive compounds with various effects. The biochemical potential of indigenous fungal strains, specific to a region, could play a critical role in the continuous search for novel strains with superior activities on a global scale. This r...
Medicinal mushrooms, especially Ganoderma species hold immense promise for production of a wide range of bioactive compounds with various effects. The biochemical potential of indigenous fungal strains, specific to a region, could play a critical role in the continuous search for novel strains with superior activities on a global scale. This resear...
Amidst worsening climate change, drought stress imperils global agriculture, jeopardizing crop yields and food security, thereby necessitating the urgent exploration of sustainable methods like biopriming for the harnessing of beneficial microorganisms to bolster plant resilience. Recent research has revealed diverse biological compounds with versa...
This study investigates the bioactivity profile of wood-rotting fungal species Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J. Schröt. 1888, focusing on its antioxidant, cytotoxic, and genotoxic activities and enzyme modulation properties with respect to its possible application in terms of enhancing women's reproductive health. Two types of extracts, includin...
The adaptive potential of plants in urban environments, responding to factors like air
pollution, electromagnetic radiation, and specific microclimates, remains insufficiently understood. Our study focused on two evergreen Cupressaceae family species, Thuja occidentalis L. and Platycladus orientalis L. Franco, which are commonly found in Kazakhstan...
Amidst worsening climate change, drought stress imperils global agriculture, jeopardizing crop yields and food security, necessitating urgent exploration of sustainable methods like biopriming, harnessing beneficial microorganisms to bolster plant resilience. Recent research has revealed diverse biological compounds with versatile applications prod...
Many lignicolous mushroom species are used as a food supplement and may represent an alternative
treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This study aimed to evaluate acetylcholinesterase inhibition (AChEI) of
Stereum hirsutum together with antioxidant activity (AO) and cytotoxic activity against HepG2 cells. Different
extracts (water, ethanol, metha...
Roses (genus Rosa), renowned for their economic significance and aesthetic appeal, face multifaceted challenges in cultivation due to biotic and abiotic stressors. To address these challenges, this study explores the role of osmolytes, particularly polyamines, proline and glycine betaine, as well as antioxidant capacities and condensed tannins, in...
This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant potential of autochthonous
Hydnum repandum through LC-MS/MS profiling, total phenolic
content (TP), total protein content (TPR), and antioxidant
capabilities (DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP assays) across various extracts
(CHCl3, acetone, 70% EtOH, 80% MeOH, and hot water). LC-MS/MS
analysis revealed a predominant...
The aim of the study was to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the pharmacotherapeutic effect of the extract R. rosea in obesity including GC-MS analysis, biochemical analysis of blood serum and open field test were also conducted. The purebred 3-month-old white male laboratory rats were divided into three groups, control and two experimental gr...
International provenance trials are a hot topic in forestry, and in light of climate change, the search for more resilient beech provenances and their assisted migration is one of the challenges of climate-smart forestry. The main aim of the study was to determine intraspecific variability in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) among 11 beech prove...
This study applied various chromatographic methods to assess
the chemical composition of five selected perennial and annual
wheat seed varieties cultivated in Kazakhstan. Gas Chromatography
(GC) analysis revealed distinct fatty acid profiles, with perennial,
soft, and durum annual wheat seeds displaying varying levels of
saturated fatty acids (SFA)...
Despite its millennial existence and empirical documentation, the ethnological knowledge of herbs is a more recent phenomenon. The knowledge of their historical uses as food, medicine, source of income and small-scale businesses, and the sociological impacts are threatened due to the slow ethnobotanical research drive. Species of the genus Solanum...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
Gafforov Y., Rašeta M., Zafar M., Makhkamov T., Yarasheva M., Chen J.-J., Zhumagul M., Wang M., Ghosh S., Abbasi A.M., Yuldashev A., Mamarakhimov O., Alosaimi A.A.., Berdieva D., Rapior S.
Exploring biodiversity and ethnobotanical significance of Solanum species in Uzbekistan: unveiling the cultural wealth and ethnopharmacological uses.
Frontiers...
The therapeutic effectiveness of current neurodegenerative disease treatments is still under debate because of problems with bioavailability and a range of side effects. Fungi, which are increasingly recognized as sources of natural antioxidants and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme inhibitors, may thus serve as potent neuroprotective agents. Prev...
The therapeutic effectiveness of current neurodegenerative diseases treatments is still under debate because of problems with bioavailability and a range of side effects. Fungi, which are increasingly recognized as sources of natural antioxidants and AChE enzyme inhibitors, may thus serve as potent neuroprotective agents. Previous studies have asso...
Urban heat islands (UHIs) and global warming will unavoidably have a negative impact on human health in urban areas, making urban forests much more susceptible to the risk of heat waves than forests. It is pivotal for urban forest management to understand tree species’ adaptation mechanisms by focusing on the species-dependent variability of polyam...
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Raseta, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Xue-Wei Wang, Li-Wei Zhou, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar, Muhammad Zafar, Young Woon Lim, Mengcen Wang, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer Bussmann, Gokhan Zengin et Jia-Jia Chen.
Macrofungi as Medicinal Resources in Uzbekistan: Biodiversity, Ethnomycology, and Ethnomedicinal Practices....
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Raseta, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Xue-Wei Wang, Li-Wei Zhou, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar, Muhammad Zafar, Young Woon Lim, Mengcen Wang, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer Bussmann, Gokhan Zengin et Jia-Jia Chen.
Macrofungi as Medicinal Resources in Uzbekistan: Biodiversity, Ethnomycology, and Ethnomedicinal Practices....
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Raseta, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Xue-Wei Wang, Li-Wei Zhou, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar, Muhammad Zafar, Young Woon Lim, Mengcen Wang, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer Bussmann, Gokhan Zengin et Jia-Jia Chen.
Macrofungi as Medicinal Resources in Uzbekistan: Biodiversity, Ethnomycology, and Ethnomedicinal Practices....
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Raseta, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Xue-Wei Wang, Li-Wei Zhou, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar, Muhammad Zafar, Young Woon Lim, Mengcen Wang, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer Bussmann, Gokhan Zengin et Jia-Jia Chen.
Macrofungi as Medicinal Resources in Uzbekistan: Biodiversity, Ethnomycology, and Ethnomedicinal Practices....
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Raseta, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Xue-Wei Wang, Li-Wei Zhou, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar, Muhammad Zafar, Young Woon Lim, Mengcen Wang, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer Bussmann, Gokhan Zengin et Jia-Jia Chen.
Macrofungi as Medicinal Resources in Uzbekistan: Biodiversity, Ethnomycology, and Ethnomedicinal Practices....
Interest in edible and medicinal macrofungi is millennial in terms of their uses in health and food products in Central Asia, while interest in inedible and medicinal macrofungi has grown in popularity in recent years. Edible and inedible medicinal basidiomycetes were collected during field surveys from different regions of Uzbekistan. The morpholo...
Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.; Stereum rugosum Pers. - STEREACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Muhammad Zafar et Sylvie Rapior.
Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.; Stereum rugosum Pers. - STEREACEAE. Pages 1445-1458. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_125 ; hal-04373913v1
Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers.; Morchella steppicola Zerova - MORCHELLACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Şule İnci, Milena Rašeta, Jonathan Cazabonne, Erol Semra S., Manzura Yarasheva et Sylvie Rapior.
Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers.; Morchella steppicola Zerova - MORCHELLACEAE. Pages 1285-1308. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_119 ; hal-04373860v1
Sarcodon imbricatus (L.) P. Karst. - BANKERACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Muhammad Zafar et Li-Wei Zhou.
Sarcodon imbricatus (L.) P. Karst. - BANKERACEAE. Pages 1401-1415. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_123 ; hal-04373902v1 ; hal-04385178v1
Ganoderma adspersum (Schulzer) Donk; Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.; Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst.; Ganoderma resinaceum Boud. - GANODERMATACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Aisha Umar, Soumya Ghosh, Michal Tomšovský, Mustafa Yamaç, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar et Sylvie Rapior.
Ganoderma adspersum (Schulzer) D...
Lentinus arcularius (Batsch) Zmitr.; Lentinus brumalis (Pers.) Zmitr.; Lentinus ciliatus (Fr.) Zmitr.; Lentinus squarrosulus Mont.; Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr. - POLYPORACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Paola Angelini, Gaia Cusumano, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Michal Tomšovský, Manzura Yarasheva, Milena Rašeta, Rainer W. Bussmann et Sylv...
Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill - FOMITOPSIDACEAE
. Yusufjon Gafforov, Michal Tomšovský, Lei Cai, Paola Angelini, Gaia Cusumano, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Milena Rašeta, Sunil K. Deshmukh et Sylvie Rapior.
Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill - FOMITOPSIDACEAE. Pages 1219-1236. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_115 ; hal-04373...
Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers. - AURICULARIACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Paola Angelini, Gaia Cusumano, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Milena Rašeta et Sylvie Rapior.
Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers. - AURICULARIACEAE. Pages 931-937. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_100 ; hal-04373459v1
Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer - PHYSALACRIACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Susanna Badalyan, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva et Sylvie Rapior.
Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer - PHYSALACRIACEAE. Pages 1011-1043. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_105 ; hal-04373538v1
Trametes betulina (L.) Pilát.; Trametes cinnabarina (Jacq.) Fr.; Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fr.; Trametes hirsuta (Wulfen) Lloyd; Trametes pubescens (Schumach.) Pilát; Trametes suaveolens (L.) Fr.; Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd - POLYPORACEAE
Schizophyllum commune Fr.- SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Lorenzo Pecoraro, Michal Tomšovský, Chunying Deng, Christopher Hobbs et Sylvie Rapior.
Schizophyllum commune Fr.- SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE. Pages 1417-1443. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_124 ; hal-04373908v1 ; hal-04385194v1
Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müll.) Pers. - AGARICACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad Wan-Mohtar et Sylvie Rapior.
Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müll.) Pers. - AGARICACEAE. Pages 993-1010. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_104 ; hal-04373523v1
Lepista irina (Fr.) H.E. Bigelow; Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke - TRICHOLOMATACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Mustafa Yamaç, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Rainer W. Bussmann, et Sylvie Rapior.
Lepista irina (Fr.) H.E. Bigelow; Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke - TRICHOLOMATACEAE. Pages 1271-1284. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_118 ; hal-04373847v1
Cerioporus squamosus (Huds.) Quél.; Cerioporus leptocephalus (Fr.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko - POLYPORACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Sunil K. Deshmukh, Shilpa A. Verekar, Sylvie Rapior, Michal Tomšovský, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva et Lei Cai.
Cerioporus squamosus (Huds.) Quél.; Cerioporus leptocephalus (Fr.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko - POLYPORACEAE. Pages 959-9...
Pleurotus eryngii (DC.) Quél.; Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. - PLEUROTACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Mustafa Yamaç, Şule İnci, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Milena Rašeta.
Pleurotus eryngii (DC.) Quél.; Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. - PLEUROTACEAE. Pages 1335-1388. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_121 ; hal-04373880v1
Funalia trogii (Berk.) Bondartsev & Singer - POLYPORACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Michal Tomšovský, Ting-Chi Wen, Makhkamov Trobjon et Sylvie Rapior.
Funalia trogii (Berk.) Bondartsev & Singer - POLYPORACEAE. Pages 1103-1119. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_109 ; hal-04373733v1
Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray - GRIFOLACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Michal Tomšovský, Muhammad Zafar et Sylvie Rapior.
Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) Gray - GRIFOLACEAE.. Pages 1171-1192. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23031-8_112 ; hal-04373761v1 ; hal-04385099v1
Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach; Agaricus campestris L.; Agaricus xanthodermus Genev. - AGARICACEAE
. Yusufjon Gafforov, Mustafa Yamaç, Milena Rašeta, Sylvie Rapior, Mustafa Sevindik, Rui-Lin Zhao , Samantha Chandranath Karunarathna, Manzura Yarasheva et Soumya Ghosh.
Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach; Agaricus campestris L.; Agaricus xa...
Sanghuangporus lonicerinus (Bondartsev) Sheng H. Wu, L.W. Zhou & Y.C. Dai - HYMENOCHAETACEAE
. Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Manzura Yarasheva, Oksana Mykchaylova, Michal Tomšovský, Young Woon Lim, Bekhzod Abdullaev, Rainer W. Bussmann et Sylvie Rapior.
Sanghuangporus lonicerinus (Bondartsev) Sheng H. Wu, L.W. Zhou & Y.C. Dai - HYMENOCHAETACEA...
Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.; Bjerkandera fumosa (Pers.) P. Karst. - MERULIACEAE
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Sylvie Rapior, Michal Tomšovský, Paola Angelini, Gaia Cusumano, Roberto Venanzoni, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Manzura Yarasheva et Li-Wei Zhou.
Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.; Bjerkandera fumosa (Pers.) P. Karst. - MERU...
Citation: Rašeta, M.; Mišković, J.; Capelja, E.; Zapora, E.; Petrović Fabijan, A.; Knežević, P.; Karaman, M. Do Ganoderma Species Represent Novel Sources of Phenolic Based Antimicrobial Agents? Molecules 2023, 28, 3264. https:// Abstract: Ganoderma species have been recognized as potential antimicrobial (AM) agents and have been used in traditional...
The aim of this systematic review was to investigate new research on the antioxidant, anti-acetylcholine, antimicrobial, and antitumor activity of genus Schizophyllum, as well as to describe the mycochemical profiles. A summary was made on the published studies in the five-year period from 2017 to 2022, with the focus on the most investigated speci...
Citation: Krsmanović, N.; Rašeta, M.; Mišković, J.; Bekvalac, K.; Bogavac, M.; Karaman, M.; Isikhuemhen, O.S. Effects of UV Stress in Promoting Antioxidant Activities in Fungal Species Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd and Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer. Antioxidants 2023, 12, 302.
Abstract: Trametes versicolor and Flammulina velutipes, after s...
Thousands of organisms fall under the umbrella of fungal species, many with unique properties; some innocuous, some useful and some harmful.
This book covers the chemical composition and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical properties of edible fungi. It provides updates, future trends and perspectives on edible fungi, their nutritional properties, che...
The use of mushrooms in human diet is reflected in their high nutritional value and their positive impact on human health. The edible mushroom species Volvopluteus gloiocephalus (Fr.) Gillet and Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With., collected and determined in Novi Sad (Serbia) locality, have been selected for this study. This research sought to qua...
This study compared the phenolic profile and antioxidant activity, expressed by real serving's concentrations, of most popular plant-based drinks: coffee, tea and wine. Popular brands of coffees, black and green teas and red wines were subjected to LC–MS/MS analysis of 47 phenolic compounds known for their beneficial effect on human health, measure...
The aim of this chapter is to introduce the main problems in the study of wild growing medicinal mushroom species by presenting the research from the period 2005–2020, with special emphasis on autochthonous species of Serbia and the Balkan region. Four major problems have been discussed regarding identification of the species, their biodiversity, c...
Four new derivatives of 2-pyridine mono(thio)carbohydrazones were synthesized by condensation of carbaldehydes with carbohydrazide and thiocarbohydrazide following a known procedure. Compounds obtained were characterized using FT-IR, NMR, and UV-Vis spectroscopy, and their purity was determined by elemental analysis. Within the investigation of bio...
Many lignicolous mushroom species are used as a food supplement and may represent an alternative treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study aimed to evaluate acetylcholinesterase inhibition (AChEI) of Stereum hirsutum together with antioxidant activity (AO) and cytotoxic activity against HepG2 cells. Different extracts (water, ethanol, metha...
The aim of this research work was to study the chemical characterisation, antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of ethanolic extracts of four commercial algae species Arame, Kombu, Hijiki and Wakame. The highest scavenging activity has been observed in Arame extract. Antioxidant potential of all extracts was in correlation with total phenol content (A...
In recent years, fungi have been recognized as producers of acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
inhibitors, agents important for the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This study aimed to examine the AChE inhibitory, the antioxidative and antibacterial activity of two different Schizophyllum
commune strains that originated from Serbia (SRB) and Italy...
Waste soybean hulls (WSH) were investigated as a Fe-support in two forms: raw and carbonized (i.e. biocarbon, BC), as possible value-added materials. Fe-impregnation was implemented in order to produce heterogeneous Fenton catalysts for Reactive Blue 4 dye degradation. Materials characterization demonstrated a rise in the specific surface area due...
The aim of this research work was to study the bioactivity potentials (antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and enzyme inhibitory) of ethanol (EtOH), water (H 2 O) and chloroform (CHCl 3 ) extracts of G. applanatum , G. lucidum , G. pfeifferi and G. resinaceum as well as their mycochemical profile: the total content of phenolics (TP) and sugars (TS) and...
Medicinal mushrooms have tremendous potential in production of bioactive compounds with diverse bioactivities while the biochemical potential of some specific mushroom strains (autochthonous for the region) in production of specific bioactive agents may be of the main importance in a continuous search for novel strains with supreme activities all o...
Medicinal mushrooms have tremendous potential in production of bioactive compounds with diverse
bioactivities while the biochemical potential of some specific mushroom strains (autochthonous for the region)
in production of specific bioactive agents may be of the main importance in a continuous search for novel
strains with supreme activities all o...
This study was designed to define total protein, phenol and flavonoid content as well as LC-MS/MS phenolic profile related to antioxidant and antidiabetic activity of ethanolic (EtOH) and water extracts of G. pfeifferi and G. resinaceum. G. resinaceum water extract possessed the highest ability to scavenge DPPH˙ and O2˙⁻, while the EtOH extract of...
In the present study, ethanolic extracts of ten cyanobacterial strains cultivated under different nitrogen conditions were assessed for the phenolic content and antioxidant activity. The amount of detected phenolic compounds ranged from 14.86 to 701.69 μg g⁻¹ dry weight (dw) and HPLC-MS/MS analysis revealed gallic acid, chlorogenic acid, quinic aci...
The polysaccharide (PSH) extracts from the edible mushroom species Coprinus comatus and Coprinellus truncorum were screened in liquid for their acetylcholinesterase inhibitory (AChE) activity. Both extracts were found to display inhibition of the aforementioned enzyme reaching similar IC50 values of 0.62 ± 0.07 and 0.61 ± 0.03 mg/mL, respectively....
