The Role Of Edible Mushrooms In Health Evaluation Of The Evidence

JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS 4 (2 0 1 2) 6 8 7–70 9 Available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jff The role of edible mushrooms in health: Evaluation of the evidence Peter Roupasa,*, Jennifer Keoghb, Manny Noakesb, Christine... More

JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS 4 (2 0 1 2) 6 8 7–70 9 Available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jff The role of edible mushrooms in health: Evaluation of the evidence Peter Roupasa,*, Jennifer Keoghb, Manny Noakesb, Christine Margettsa, Pennie Taylorb a CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, Werribee, Victoria, Australia b CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: There have been relatively few direct intervention trials of mushroom consumption in Received 6 July 2011 humans, although those that have been completed to date indicate that mushrooms and Received in revised form their extracts are generally well-tolerated with few, if any, side-effects. Immunomodulating 26 April 2012 and anti-tumor effects of mushrooms and their extracts appear to hold potential health Accepted 1 May 2012 benefits. These benefits are primarily due to their polysaccharide content, either in t Less