%0 Journal Article %A Lin, Shin-Yi %A Chen, Yu-Kai %A Yu, Hui-Tzu %A Barseghyan, Gayane S. %A Asatiani, Mikheil D. %A Wasser, Solomon P. %A Mau, Jeng-Leun %D 2013 %I Begell House %K culinary-medicinal mushrooms, lovastatin, GABA, ergothioneine %N 3 %P 315-323 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v15.i3.80 %T Comparative Study of Contents of Several Bioactive Components in Fruiting Bodies and Mycelia of Culinary-Medicinal Mushrooms %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,3a24b2df76f12ae0,0d8c78f7025a8d54.html %V 15 %X Mushrooms (including fruiting bodies and mycelia) contain several bioactive components such as lovastatin, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and ergothioneine. This article reports the results of 49 samples, including 9 fruiting bodies, 39 mycelia, and 1 vegetative cell, of 35 species of culinary-medicinal mushrooms from 18 genera: Agaricus, Agrocybe, Coprinus, Cordyceps, Cyathus, Daedalia, Flammulina, Fomes, Ganoderma, Grifola, Laetiporus, Lentinus, Morchella, Ophiocordyceps, Pleurotus, Trametes, Tremella, and Verpa. The results show that Cyathus striatus strain 978 contained the highest amount of lovastatin (995.66 mg/kg) in mycelia. Among fruiting bodies, 6 samples contained a high amount of GABA (274.86−822.45 mg/kg), whereas among mycelia, contents of GABA in 27 samples ranged from 215.36 to 2811.85 mg/kg. Among mycelia, Pleurotus cornucopiae strain 1101 contained the highest amount of ergothioneine (3482.09 mg/kg). Overall, these 3 bioactive components were commonly found in most mushrooms, and the results obtained might be related to their beneficial effects. %8 2013-04-26