1. Tramesan, a novel polysaccharide from Trametes versicolor. Structural characterization and biological effects
- Author
-
Valeria Scala, Massimo Reverberi, Maria Rosaria Ricciardi, Roberto Licchetta, Roberto Rizzo, Paola Cescutti, Corrado Fanelli, Marzia Scarpari, Alessia Parroni, Slaven Zjalic, Simone Mirabilii, Chiara Pietricola, Aris Sveronis, Agostino Tafuri, Vittoria Maresca, Scarpari, Marzia, Reverberi, Massimo, Parroni, Alessia, Scala, Valeria, Fanelli, Corrado, Pietricola, Chiara, Zjalic, Slaven, Maresca, Vittoria, Tafuri, Agostino, Ricciardi, Maria R., Licchetta, Roberto, Mirabilii, Simone, Sveronis, Ari, Cescutti, Paola, and Rizzo, Roberto
- Subjects
0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,Lentinan ,Glycobiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Spectrum analysis techniques ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Antioxidants ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Trametes ,Carbohydrate Conformation ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,lcsh:Science ,Mycelium ,Fungal Pathogens ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,Hydrolysis ,Electrospray Ionization ,Fungal genetics ,Chemical Reactions ,food and beverages ,Biological activity ,Plants ,Trametes verisolor ,polysaccharide structure ,NMR ,ESI-MS ,biological activity ,Chemistry ,Aspergillus ,Medical Microbiology ,Wheat ,Physical Sciences ,Chromatography, Gel ,chromatography ,Aspergillus Flavus ,Pathogens ,medicine.drug ,Research Article ,gel ,Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization ,mushroom polysaccharides, Trametes versicolor, chemical structure, biological activity ,Mycology ,Microbiology ,spectrometry ,03 medical and health sciences ,NMR spectroscopy ,Polysaccharides ,medicine ,Genetics ,Fungal Genetics ,Grasses ,Secondary metabolism ,Microbial Pathogens ,Trametes versicolor ,lcsh:R ,fungi ,Organisms ,Fungi ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Plectasin ,Mass ,biology.organism_classification ,Molds (Fungi) ,Research and analysis methods ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) ,lcsh:Q ,carbohydrate conformation ,chromatography, gel ,magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,polysaccharides ,spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization ,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Mushrooms represent a formidable source of bioactive compounds. Some of these may be considered as biological response modifiers ; these include compounds with a specific biological function: antibiotics (e.g. plectasin), immune system stimulator (e, g, lentinan), antitumor agents (e.g. krestin, PSK) and hypolipidemic agents (e.g. lovastatin) inter alia. In this study, we focused on the Chinese medicinal mushroom "yun zhi", Trametes versicolor, traditionally used for (cit.) "replenish essence and qi (vital energy)". Previous studies indicated the potential activity of extracts from culture filtrate of asexual mycelia of T. versicolor in controlling the growth and secondary metabolism (e.g. mycotoxins) of plant pathogenic fungi. The quest of active principles produced by T. versicolor, allowed us characterising an exo- polysaccharide released in its culture filtrate and naming it Tramesan. Herein we evaluate the biological activity of Tramesan in different organisms: plants, mammals and plant pathogenic fungi. We suggest that the bioactivity of Tramesan relies mostly on its ability to act as pro antioxidant molecule regardless the biological system on which it was applied.
- Published
- 2016