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Table 2 Medicinal properties of different chemical constituents present in S. crispa

From: Medicinal, nutritional, and nutraceutical potential of Sparassis crispa s. lat.: a review

Chemical constituents

Properties

Reference

Indole, tryptamine, melatonin, gentisic acid, gallic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, o-cumaric acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, syryngic acid, and ergosterol

Antioxidant activity

Kawagishi et al. (2007)

Crude polysaccharides

 

Nowacka-Jechalke et al. (2021)

alkaliphilic esterase

used as a biocatalyst in the pharmaceutics, food, and chemical industries

Chandrasekaran et al. (2011)

Crude polysaccharides

Anticancer activity,

Nowacka-Jechalke et al. (2021)

1,3-β-D glucan

Anticancer activity,

Ohno et al. (2000)

 

used in cancer treatment

Harada et al. (2006)

polysaccharide fractions of 1,3 β-glucan

antitumor activity

Ohno et al. (2000)

the β-glucan fraction CA1

Anticancer activity

Ohno et al. (2002)

3 novel phthalides- hanabiratakelide A (1), B (2), and C (3)

Antiallergic against rhinitis

Yoshikawa et al. (2010)

Sparoside A

Antiallergic against rhinitis

Wang et al. (2019)

β-glucan

wound healing capacity

Kimura et al. (2013)

Enhances increased production of adiponectin

Antidiabetic: regulates glucose levels and fatty acid breakdown

Yamamoto and Kimura (2010),

Xanthoangelol, 2 chalcones, and 4-hydroxyderricin

Anti-bacterial activity

Hayashi et al. (2008)

Sparassol and the other two were identified as incompletely determined methyl-dihydroxy-methoxy-methylbenzoate and methyl orsellinate

Anti-fungal activity (against Candida albicans)

Woodward et al. (1993)

Enhances NO production

Anti-hypertensive activity

Yoshitomi et al. (2011)