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In addition to high nutritional value, edible fungi also contain special active ingredients, which have certain health care functions.
(1) Polysaccharides. Most edible fungi are rich in polysaccharides, and polysaccharides are one of the main active ingredients of edible fungi for health care. Polysaccharides have special activities for regulating immune function, improving hypoxia tolerance, scavenging free radicals, protecting liver, and inhibiting tumors.
(2) Adenosine. Most edible fungi contain adenosine, and its physiological activities include: lowering cholesterol, blood viscosity, inhibiting platelet aggregation, improving blood microcirculation, anti-hypoxia, calming the nerves, regulating immune function, preventing thrombosis and diabetes, improving Blood oxygen supply capacity, etc., can treat various diseases of the heart, brain and its tissues due to insufficient oxygen supply.
At present, adenosine is mainly used in the treatment of coronary heart disease, and instillation of adenosine can significantly reduce the scope of myocardial infarction. Adenosine has not only been used as a routine drug for emergency treatment of tachyarrhythmias, but also its cardioprotective effects have been extensively studied. It is believed that the mechanism by which adenosine can inhibit platelet aggregation is that adenosine and its derivatives can inhibit the activity of adenosine dehydrogenase, thereby preventing excessive platelet aggregation.
Adenosine also reduces atherosclerosis.
(3) Triterpenoids. It has analgesic, sedative, inhibition of histamine release, antispasmodic, liver protection and detoxification, and kills tumor cells. In addition to the above active ingredients, some edible fungi also contain special functional ingredients. For example, armillin can protect the liver, detoxify, improve liver function, and treat hepatitis; porcini is a protein that can inhibit tumor growth; lentin, can accelerate cholesterol metabolism and lower cholesterol.
