Tese de doutoramento em Ciências (ramo de conhecimento em Química); In this study, seven wild mushroom species (Ganoderma lucidum, Coprinopsis atramentaria, Rhodotus palmatus, Lactarius bertillonii, Lactarius vellereus, Xerocomus chrysenteron and Morchella esculenta), were characterized for their nutritional value (macronutrients and energy) and chemical composition (fatty acids, tocopherols, sugars and organic...
Mushrooms do not constitute a significant portion of the human diet, but their consumption continues to increase due to their functional benefits and presence of bioactive compounds. Some of those compounds can be found in the phenolic, polysaccharidic and lipidic fractions of edible and inedible species. Herein, those fractions of five wild mushrooms (Coprinopsis atramentaria, Lactarius bertillonii, Lactarius ...
Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most extensively studied mushrooms due to its medicinal properties. Herein, a systematic study was carried out in order to compare the antioxidant activity of phenolic and polysaccharidic extracts from fruiting body, spores and mycelium, obtained in three different culture media, of G. lucidum from Northeast Portugal. Phenolic extracts were characterized using high-performance li...