Impacts of preparation technologies on biological activities of edible mushroom polysaccharides – novel insights for personalized nutrition achievement

Abstract

Edible mushroom polysaccharides (EMPs) as a natural macromolecular carbohydrate have a very complex structure and composition. EMPs are considered ideal candidates for developing healthy products and functional foods and have received significant research attention due to their unique physiological activities such as immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor/cancer, gut microbiota regulation, metabolism improvement, and nervous system protection. The structure and monosaccharide composition of edible mushroom polysaccharides have an unknown relationship with their functional activity, which has not been widely studied. Therefore, we summarized the preparation techniques of EMPs and discussed the association between functional activity, preparation methods, structure and composition of EMPs, laying a theoretical foundation for the personalized nutritional achievements of EMP. We also establish the foundation for the further investigation and application of EMPs as novel functional foods and healthy products.

Keywords:

• Edible mushroom polysaccharides
• functional activities
• preparation technologies
• personalized nutrition achievement

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Notes

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Funding

This work was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China for Young Scientists (2023YFD1601100).