Fermentation characteristics of novel Coriolus versicolor and Lentinus edodes kombucha beverages and immunomodulatory potential of their polysaccharide extracts
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2021
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Sknepnek, Aleksandra
Tomić, Sergej
Miletić, Dunja

Lević, Steva

Čolić, Miodrag
Nedović, Viktor

Nikšić, Miomir

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Medicinal mushrooms, Coriolus versicolor and Lentinus edodes are extremely attractive as nutraceuticals. Here we used fruiting bodies to prepare novel kombucha beverage. Microbiological, physicochemical and chemical properties were monitored for eleven days, while the immunological properties of kombucha polysaccharide extracts were determined in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cultures. FTIR analysis of polysaccharide extracts showed dominant presence of polysaccharides, in addition to phenols, lipids and proteins. C. versicolor kombucha extract displayed more complex polysaccharides, and a higher content of total polysaccharides, phenols and flavonoids compared to L. edodes kombucha extract. The extracts were not cytotoxic for PBMC in vitro up to 500 µg/ml, while immunomodulatory effects depended on their chemical compositions. The most prominent effect was on the reduction of Th2 cytokines and IL-10 in PBMC cultures. Based on these results, novel kombucha products could be ...recommended as functional beverages or nutraceuticals with potentially beneficial immunomodulatory effects in allergies.
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Cytokines / Immunomodulation / Kombucha / Medicinal mushroomsSource:
Food Chemistry, 2021, 342, 128344-Publisher:
- Elsevier
Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200116 (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture) (RS-200116)
- Application of functionalyzed carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles for preparation of dendritic cells for tumor therapy (RS-175102)
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- The peer-reviewed version: http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5771
- Supplementary material: http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5996
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128344
ISSN: 0308-8146