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VOL. 6, ISSUE 2 (2021)
Nutritional composition and health benefits of mushroom: A review
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Kirti Joshi, Krutika, Sakshi Pandey, Manisha Singh
Abstract
Mushrooms play an important role in human diet as food, as medicine, as legends, in folk lore and religion. Mushrooms are basically consumed for their taste, aroma and texture. Nutritional composition of mushrooms lies among that of vegetables and meat. Mushrooms contain good amount of proteins, minerals and vitamins and low in fat content (2-8%) unique nutritional constitution of mushrooms makes low calorie food and choice diet for those suffering from hypertension, obesity, arthrosclerosis and diabetes. Many higher mushrooms are known to contain a number of biologically active components that show promising antitumor and immunomodulating, cardiovascular, hypocholesterolemic, hepatoprotective, antiviral, antiphrastic, antibacterial and antidiabetic effects. In recent years Mushrooms become trended as health - beneficent food and also in pharmaceutical industries as sources for the development of drug. From the review it was observed that developing countries should harness the potentials of mushrooms as this would boost healthy living and the revenue income.
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Pages:628-631
How to cite this article:
Kirti Joshi, Krutika, Sakshi Pandey, Manisha Singh "Nutritional composition and health benefits of mushroom: A review ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 628-631
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