An untold story of a novel mushroom from tribal cuisine: an ethno-medicinal, taxonomic and pharmacological approach

• DOI: 10.1039/d1fo00533b
• Publication Date: 2021-04-16T14:10:03Z
• Authors: Somanjana Khatua; Soumitra Paloi; Krishnendu Acharya
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 2. Zero hunger; beta-Glucans; Macrophages; Gene Expression; India; Antioxidants; 3. Good health; Mice; 03 medical and health sciences; Phagocytosis; Polysaccharides; Animals; Fruiting Bodies, Fungal; Agaricales; Sequence Alignment; Phylogeny

India showcases an array of fascinating and rare mushrooms that grow exclusively in the wilderness of West Bengal. Investigation on such traditional trerasure may provide exciting evidences for use in favor of human as they possess certain biological properties.