TY - JOUR T1 - Nutritional and antioxidant potential of some wild edible mushrooms of Nagaland, India. AU - Ao,Toshinungla, AU - Deb,Chitta Ranjan, Y1 - 2019/02/02/ PY - 2018/12/08/revised PY - 2018/12/18/accepted PY - 2019/3/26/entrez PY - 2019/3/25/pubmed PY - 2019/3/25/medline KW - Antioxidant properties KW - Nagaland KW - Nutritional value KW - Wild edible mushrooms SP - 1084 EP - 1089 JF - Journal of food science and technology JO - J Food Sci Technol VL - 56 IS - 2 N2 - Mushrooms are known to mankind since early human civilization and are gaining importance because of their nutritional and medicinal properties. Till date 37 wild edible mushrooms are reported from Nagaland. In this study, nutritional analysis including total phenolics, flavonoids and antioxidant activity was done for ten popular WEM species. Total protein content was found to be high which ranged from 62.27 g/100 g (Lentinus sajor-caju) to 18.77 g/100 g (Lentinus squarrosulus var. squarrosulus); total carbohydrate content ranged from 38.44 g/100 g (Lentinula edodes) to 5.31 g/100 g (Schizophyllum commune); reducing sugar content ranged from 7.81 g/100 g (Termitomyces heimii) to 2.33 g/100 g (S. commune). Crude fiber ranged from 11.1% (A. auricula-judae) to 1.71% (L. squarrosulus) and ash content ranged from 10.66% (L. squarrosulus) to 3.12% (L. squarrosulus var. squarrosulus). The highest phenolic content was observed in L. squarrosulus (18.7 g/100 g) and highest flavonoid content was observed in L. sulphureus (9.3 g/100 g). All the ten mushroom species exhibited antioxidant activity against DPPH free radical, but highest activity was recorded in L. tigrinus (47.5 μg/ml, IC50). Hence, mushrooms are valuable natural resource to mankind and should be exploited judiciously for the betterment of society. SN - 0022-1155 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/30906067/Nutritional_and_antioxidant_potential_of_some_wild_edible_mushrooms_of_Nagaland_India_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -