Preparation of Medicinal Mushrooms Dietary Supplements
摘要
Mushrooms are macro fungi; they constitute an integral part of the human diet all over the world. Among the natural sources, mushrooms and their derivatives, extracts occupy a privileged position to achieve this purpose, and they are considered an attractive functional food or dietary supplement due to their nutraceutical properties in the right proportions. Medicinal mushrooms contain different bioactive compounds such as phenolic compounds, tocopherols, and ascorbic acid, which could be extracted for the purpose of being used as functional ingredients against chronic diseases related to oxidative stress. Moreover, it is advisable to prepare the dietary supplements for direct or safe incorporation into the food as nutritionally functional food.