LEADER 03685nam 22005775 450 001 9910350357803321 005 20200703101824.0 010 $a981-13-6382-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-6382-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000008876697 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-6382-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5772173 035 $a(PPN)236520717 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008876697 100 $a20190513d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMedicinal Mushrooms $eRecent Progress in Research and Development /$fedited by Dinesh Chandra Agrawal, Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 419 p. 82 illus., 46 illus. in color.) 311 $a981-13-6381-1 330 $a Presents the latest R & D information on medicinal mushrooms from diverse geographical locations Offers comprehensive coverage of the most important application areas of medicinal mushrooms Includes contributions by eminently experienced researchers in the field of medicinal mushrooms Medicinal mushrooms are increasingly gaining attention worldwide because of their pharmacologically bioactive compounds, which have demonstrated potent and unique clinical properties. Scientific studies carried out during the last decade have confirmed their efficacy in treating a wide range of diseases. Extracts and bioactive compounds obtained from mushrooms have been used medicinally as anticancer, immunomodulator, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-atherosclerotic, neuroprotectant, cardioprotectant, antioxidant, and anti-hypoglycemic agents, and in stem cell-based therapies. Introducing readers to the latest developments in, and ongoing research efforts on, medicinal mushrooms, this book gathers articles contributed by eminent researchers in different disciplines and from around the globe. Highlighting the tremendous potential of mushrooms for the development of new drugs, the topics covered include but are not limited to: Recent progress in research on the pharmaceutical potential of medicinal mushrooms and prospects for their clinical application. Edible mushroom neuronutraceuticals: Basis of therapeutics Overview of therapeutic efficacy of mushrooms Mushrooms ? a wealth of resources for prospective stem cell-based therapies Mushrooms as potential natural cytostatics. 606 $aPlant science 606 $aBotany 606 $aBiochemistry 606 $aPlant physiology 606 $aPharmacy 606 $aPlant Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24000 606 $aBiochemistry, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L14005 606 $aPlant Physiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L33020 606 $aPharmacy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/F00008 615 0$aPlant science. 615 0$aBotany. 615 0$aBiochemistry. 615 0$aPlant physiology. 615 0$aPharmacy. 615 14$aPlant Sciences. 615 24$aBiochemistry, general. 615 24$aPlant Physiology. 615 24$aPharmacy. 676 $a580 702 $aAgrawal$b Dinesh Chandra$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aDhanasekaran$b Muralikrishnan$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910350357803321 996 $aMedicinal Mushrooms$91994024 997 $aUNINA