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Extensive research targeting the effective health-promoting impact and vast nutritional value of mushrooms has been expanding dynamically over the past few decades. Mushrooms have long been recognized for their vital role in curing and treating various human diseases, such as asthma, cancer, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, immunodeficiency, and obesity, owing to their higher content of proteins, polysaccharides, unsaturated fatty acids, minerals , triterpenes, sterols, and secondary metabolites (Ma et al., 2018;Yadav and Negi, 2021). Mushrooms have a great potential to improve nutrition and provide health benefits (Fig. 30.1). Globally, the production of cultivated mushrooms is increasing greatly. Mushroom consumption has increased 21fold in the last 56 years (Food and Agriculture Organization Statistical. 2017. FAOSTAT-Data-crops-visualized-FIGURE 30.1 Health benefits of mushrooms. FIGURE 30.2 Mechanisms of action of mushroom dietary fibers.

Author

Divya Yadav; Pradeep Singh Negi

Publisher

Elsevier

Published

2022

Language

EN