Medicinal mushrooms contain a few types of polysaccharides, including alpha-glucans or α-glucans (starch) and beta-glucans or β-glucans (cellulose). These polysaccharides provide the primary nutritional and medicinal properties. Glucans are the main component of the cell wall [...]
First, let’s investigate what are polysaccharides and what is their role in medicinal mushrooms. Polysaccharides are carbohydrates made of a variety of monosaccharides that are joined together by glycosidic bonds. Polysaccharides are one of the most important active components in medicinal [...]
Polysaccharides are something that we are all familiar with under a different name - carbohydrates, which are basically sugar molecules. These long chains of carbohydrate molecules, specifically polymeric carbohydrates (“poly” means many) are formed by monosaccharide units [...]
The interest in medicinal mushrooms is increasing ten folds and people want to know what is most effective for health benefits: the whole fruiting body or the mycelium on grain. Let’s first get clear on what the difference is.Mushroom spores always surround us as they are present in the air we[...]
