Polysaccharides of higher fungi: Biological role, structure, and antioxidative activity

• Main Authors: Kozarski Maja S., Klaus Anita S., Nikšić Miomir P., van Griensven Leo J.L.D., Vrvić Miroslav M., Jakovljević Dragica M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Chemical Engineers of Serbia 2014-01-01
• Series: Hemijska Industrija
• Subjects: polysaccharides; fungi; polysaccharide extracts; antioxidative properties
• Online Access: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0367-598X/2014/0367-598X1300056K.pdf
• ISSN: 0367-598X; 2217-7426

Fungal polysaccharides attract a lot of attention due to their multiple challenging biological properties, such as: anti-tumor, anti-viral, anticomplementary, anticoagulant, hypolipidemic and immunomodulatory and immune-stimulatory activities, which all together make them suitable for application in many quite distinctive areas, such as food industry, biomedicine, cosmetology, agriculture, environmental protection and waste water management. This article presents results with respect to biological properties, structure and procedures related to the isolation and activation of polysaccharides of higher fungi. It is considered and presented along with a review of the critical antioxidative activity and possible influence of the structural composition of polysaccharide extracts (isolated from these higher fungi) upon their antioxidative properties.