Jun-Ho Kim 1*, Eun-Jin Lee 2 and Soon-Ja Seok 2
1Department of Chemistry, SangJi University, Wonju 220-702, Korea
2National Agricultural Science and Technology Institute, RDA, Suwon 441-707, Korea
Correspondence to jhokim@sangji.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 31, 2007, 35(2):128-132.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2007.35.2.128
(Received December 13, 2007)
Published: December 31, 2007.
Copyright © 2007 by The Korean Society of Mycology
The aim of this study was to investigate the physiological functionalities of 60 wild mushroom methanol extracts. We determined their fibrinolytic and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities. Among them, 11 mushrooms showed fibrinolytic activity. In particular, Armillaria sp. showed the greatest enzyme activity (4.2 plasmin units/ml) in a fibrin plate assay. The fibrinolytic activities of Amanita virosa, Gymnophilus sp. and Lepista nuda were 2.3, and the activities of Amanita citrina and Cortinarius alboviolaceus were 2.1 and 2.0 plasmin units, respectively. In a α-glucosidase inhibitory activity test, Naematoloma fasciculare showed the greatest inhibitory activity at 98.5%. The α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of Suillus luteus and Gomphidius maculatus were 66.6% and 61.5%, respectively. This study suggests that both Armillaria sp. and N. fasciculare can be used as candidates for the development of new medicine effective to cardiovascular diseases and biofunctional food.
Armillaria, Fibrinolytic activity, α-Glucosidase inhibitory activity, Naematoloma fasciculare, Wild mushroom