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. 2022 May 12;106(9-10):3465–3488. doi: 10.1007/s00253-022-11945-8

Table 1.

Multi-omic tools used to study basidiomycetous SMs and their products in food and pharmaceutical industries

Product name/fungal sources Key component of SMs Mode of action and applications Omic tool References
SM of Pleurotus ostreatus Resveratrol Antioxidant Genomics and metabolomics Takahashi et al. (2020)
Nutrient of Dictyophora indusiata Vitamin C Antioxidant activity Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Liu et al. (2019)
Bitter tea powder from G. lucidum & L. edodes Lentinan Antitumor properties or immunostimulants 2-DE coupled with mass spectrometry Chuang et al. (2009)
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) drug from A. bisporus, C. cibarius, I. abadia, and L. edodes Lovastatin Lowers cholesterol level RP-HPLC Kała et al. (2020)
MycoNutri Cordyceps Organic from C. militaris Cordycepin Reducing the LDL level, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and hyperlipidemia Genomics and NMR Ashraf et al. (2020)
Sun mushroom from A. subrufescens Polyphenols and polysaccharides Decrease oxidative stress and prevent non-transmissible chronic diseases (NTCD) HPLC-MS Navegantes-Lima et al. (2020)
Niu-Chang-Chih from A. cinnamomea Antcins Treat various diseases such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, hypertension, and reduced prostate cancer NMR, electron ionization mass spectrometry (EI-MS) Kumar et al. (2020)
Caterpillar as a H. sinensis Polysaccharides Prebiotic and diabetic control Next-generation sequencing technology Takahashi et al. (2020)
Edible mushroom V. volvacea, P. geesteranum, H. erinaceus, and P. sapidus in China, East and Southeast Asia Ergosterol class, ergosterol peroxide Immunoregulation and antitumor effect NMR-based metabolomics Chen et al. (2020); Takahashi et al. (2020)
Fusarium venenatum by Quorn™ industry Food supplements Immunological action, antioxidant Fermentation and transcriptomics Meyer et al. (2020)