Edible mushrooms: the potential game changer in alleviating vitamin D deficiency and improving human health. (Special issue:Edible mushroom bioactives in traditional and in novel foods.functional foods and bioactive compounds in the management of neurodegenerative disease.)
International Journal of Food Science & Technology
; 57(3):1367-1377, 2021.
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in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1735924
ABSTRACT
The present review attempts to critically examine and evaluate research findings on mushrooms as sources of vitamin D and other nutraceuticals. Recently, there is a growing concern about diseases associated with the deficiency of vitamin D in humans. As people tend to stay indoors, in present times, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, vitamin D levels are further affected. Research indicates vitamin D as a promising defensive or therapeutic agent against COVID, making this review more crucial. Mushrooms, as a rich source of vitamin D along with various bioactive compounds, perform a significant role in resolving health issues. Robust analyses of various strategies for enhancing vitamin D content in mushrooms holds significance in this study;moreover, this will help stakeholders of the mushroom industry in enriching the overall mushroom quality and human health. Mushroom-based medicinal formulations and functional foods serve to deliver vitamins and nutrients to humans, thus helping to combat malnutrition and other health problems, especially in developing countries. Evidence from pre-clinical and clinical analyses suggests that vitamin D2 bioavailability in mushrooms is comparable with vitamin D from other sources. The review also emphasises molecular findings from mushrooms related to genes responsible for morphology and metabolic production of pro-vitamin-D2.
Crop Produce [QQ050]; Food Composition and Quality [QQ500]; Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition [VV130]; bioavailability; biological activity; edible fungi; food enrichment; food quality; food supplements; foods; functional foods; genes; health; health foods; human diseases; human health; malnutrition; metabolism; metabolites; molecular genetics; morphology; mushrooms; nutrients; nutrition; pharmaceutical products; reviews; stakeholders; vitamin D; vitamin D deficiency; vitamin deficiencies; vitamins; edible species; man; fungi; low income countries; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; bioactivity; biochemical genetics; fungus
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International Journal of Food Science & Technology
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