The Impact of Mushroom Polysaccharides on Gut Microbiota and Its Beneficial Effects to Host: A Review. Academic Article

abstract

• Mushroom polysaccharides are a type of bioactive macromolecular which isolated from fruiting bodies, mycelia or fermentation broths of edible or medicinal fungus. Recently, mushroom polysaccharides have attracted a lot of attention for regulating gut microbiota via reducing the levels of pathogens and stimulating the growth of beneficial microorganisms, thus creating new possibilities for their use in nutraceutical and functional foods industries. The current review summarizes the isolation, purification and structural characterization methods of mushroom polysaccharides, the degradation of mushroom polysaccharides in intestine, the impacts of mushroom polysaccharides on gut microbiota community and short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) productivity, and the beneficial effects of mushroom polysaccharides to host by targeting gut microbiota. We hope this article can offer some theoretical bases and inspirations for the mechanism study of the bioactivity of mushroom polysaccharides.

authors

• Noratto, Giuliana

published proceedings

• Carbohydr Polym

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Yin, C., Noratto, G. D., Fan, X., Chen, Z., Yao, F., Shi, D., & Gao, H.

citation count

• 57

complete list of authors

• Yin, Chaomin||Noratto, Giuliana D||Fan, Xiuzhi||Chen, Zheya||Yao, Fen||Shi, Defang||Gao, Hong

publication date

• January 2020

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Carbohydrate Polymers  Journal

keywords

• Agaricales
• Beneficial Effects
• Gastrointestinal Microbiome
• Host Health
• Humans
• Intestinal Microbiota
• Mushroom Polysaccharides
• Polysaccharides
• Short Chain Fatty Acids

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116942

start page

• 116942

end page

• 116942

volume

• 250

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116942