Edible mushroom

Biology

Biochemistry

Mushroom

Food science

Computational biology

Polysaccharide

Functional food

Ingredient

Medicine

Chemistry

Traditional medicine

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Tremella fuciformis is an important edible mushroom that has been widely cultivated and used as food and medicinal ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. In the past decades, many researchers have reported that T. fuciformis polysaccharides (TPS) possess various bioactivities, including anti-tumor, immunomodulatory, anti-oxidation, anti-aging, repairing brain memory impairment, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic. The structural characteristic of TPS has also been extensively investigated using advanced modern analytical technologies such as NMR, GC-MS, LC-MS and FT-IR to dissect the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of the TPS biomacromolecule. This article reviews the recent progress in the extraction, purification, structural characterization and applications of TPS.

Structure, bioactivities and applications of the polysaccharides from Tremella fuciformis mushroom: A review