Comparison of Anti-oxidant Activity of Five Elected Wild Commercial Mushrooms in Four Different Solvents as an Alternative Oxidative Stress Reliever
2019
Shahnaz Salamat | Muhammad Shahid
Mushroom also known as a lit source of nutritional and therapeutical component so in order to evaluate the usefulness of the Pakistani wild mushroom strains as the possible nutracueticals, adetailed study entailing several tests for the determination of anti-oxidant potential was carried out on the elected mushrooms in four different solvents. Strains of Lentinus edodes, Pleurotus ostreatus, Volvariella volvacea, Pleurotus eryngii and Ganoderma lucidum were extracted for this particular purpose in the water, n- butanol, n-hexane and choloroform solvents. Test models including Total Phenolic Content assay, Total Flavonoid Content assay, 2,2-diphenyl-1,1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) Scavenging Activity assay and Reducing Power assay were utilized for carrying out the comparative analysis among the selected mushrooms. The acquired results indicated that the extract of Volvariella volvacea and Pleurotus eryngii possess copacetic anti-oxidant potential and can be utilized as oxidative stress reliever in humans. Furthermore, extraction studies also indicated that water is the most suitable solvent for anti-oxidants extraction for these mushrooms. Finding of the anti-oxidant potential for elected wild mushrooms contra indicate that these mushrooms can be safely exploited as a amended natural anti-oxidant in comparison to its synthetic counterpart.
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