An overview of bioactive molecules in wild mushrooms
Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, Mountain Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
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22 Nov, 2012
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ITQB Seminar
Title: An overview of bioactive molecules in wild mushrooms
Speaker: Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira
Affiliation: Mountain Research Centre, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Abstract:
The northeast of Portugal is one of the European regions with higher wild mushrooms biodiversity, some of them with important gastronomic value. Besides their excellent nutritional value, mushrooms are also known as functional foods and a source for development of drugs and nutraceuticals. Therefore, it is extremely important to identify and characterize their bioactive molecules. Biomolecules with antioxidant potential (e.g. phenolic compounds, tocopherols, ascorbic acid and β-carotene), low (e.g. quinones, cerebrosides, isoflavones, catechols, amines, triacylglycerols, sesquiterpenes and steroids) and high (e.g. polysaccharides, glycoproteins, proteoglycans and proteins) molecular weight compounds with antitumour potential will be presented and discussed.
Financial support: FCT and COMPETE/QREN/EU, Project PTDC/AGR-ALI/110062/2009.
Host: Cláudia Santos- Disease and Stress Biology Lab.
