Table 1.

Consolidated list of anticarcinogenic mushrooms.

Mushroom	Bioactive Component for Anticancer Activity	Anticancer Application	Reference
Albatrellus confluens	Grifolin and Neogrifolin	Against osteosarcoma U2OS, MG63 cell line lines	[11]
Auricularia auricula	Polysaccharide	Against liver cancer	[12]
Grifola frondosa	Polysaccharide	Against liver and breast cancer	[13]
Lentinus crinitus	Panepoxydone (PP)	Against breast cancer	[14]
Lentinula edodes	Protein latcripin-1,3,13,15	Against lung cancer	[15]
Lentinus edodes	Polysaccharide	Against hepatocarcinoma of mouse	[16,17,18,19]
Pleurotus ferulae	Terpenoids	Against melanoma/gastric cancer	[20]
Pleurotus ostreatus	Polysaccharide	Against sarcoma cells	[21]
Termitomyces clypeatus	Sugar entities	Against brain, breast, acute myeloid leukemia, lung, ovary, retinoblastoma	[22]
Amauroderma rude	Ergosterol	Against breast cancer	[23]
Antrodia camphorata	Polysaccharide (ACE)	Against hepatocellular carcinoma	[24]
Antrodia camphorata	Antroquinonol	Against pancreatic carcinoma colon cancer	[25]
Antrodia camphorata	4-Acetylantroquinonol B	Against colorectal cancer	[26]
Cordyceps militaris	Cordycepin	Against NRK-52E	[27]
Fomes fomentarius	Polysaccharide (MFKF-AP1β)	Against lung cancer	[28]
Grifola frondosa	Sulfated polysaccharides	Against liver cancer	[29],
G lucidum	Polysaccharide	Against liver cancer	[12]
Inonotus obliquus	Ergosterol peroxide	Against colorectal cancer	[30]
Phellinus linteus	Protein-bound polysaccharide	Against colon cancer	[31]
Phellinus linteus	Hispolon	Against human hepatoma	[32]
Phellinus linteus	Polysaccharide	Against liver cancer	[33]