CLINICAL USEFULNESS OF AGARICUS BISPORUS AND PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS IN VARIOUS DISEASE STATES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Materia Medica testimony before the time shows evidence of using mushrooms to treat various diseases. Though, the therapeutic and biotechnological potential of mushrooms has yet to be completely explored, mushrooms have long been used as conventional remedy in many countries around the world, and they have confirmed to be an important resource for recent scientific and pharmacological research. Mushrooms are well-known for their use as therapeutic foods for the impediment of a variety of derangements like hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and cancer, antioxidant, antitumor, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties and can help boost immune system. This review discusses current advances to explore on the pharmacological prospectives and clinical relevance prediction of two varieties of mushrooms, Agaricus bisporus and Pleurotus ostreatus.