Table 6 Antioxidant contents of wild edible mushrooms
From: Underutilized wild edible fungi and their undervalued ecosystem services in Africa
Species | Antioxidant activity (nM) | Phenolic compounds (GAE mg/g) | DPPH Scavenging (EC50)a | Reducing Power (EC50)b | Country | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agaricus campestris | Â | 14.6 | 1.4 | 3.6 | Ethiopia | 4 |
Boletus bicolor | – | 187.45 | – | – | Tanzania | 3 |
Cantharellus cibarius | 49.7 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Clitocybe odora* | 52.1 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Coprinus cinereus | – | 175.1 | – | – | Tanzania | 2 |
Hericium erinaceus* | 36.3 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Laccaria amethyst* | 53.6 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Laccaria laccata* | 34.8 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Lactarius deliciousus* | 34.5 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Laetiporus sulphureus |  | 3.4 | 11.4 |  > 6 | Ethiopia | 4 |
Lentinus edodes |  | 3.5 | 9.8 |  > 6 | Ethiopia | 4 |
Lepista nuda | 53.7 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Lepista saeva | 34.5 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Macrolepiotata procera | 38.8 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Pleurotus ostreatus | 45.8 | – | – | – | Nigeria | 1 |
Pleurotus ostreatus | – | 4.5 | 8.4 |  > 6 | Ethiopia | 4 |
Termitomyces letestui | Â | 10.7 | 6.0 | 5.4 | Ethiopia | 4 |
Termitomyces clypeatus | Â | 10.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | Ethiopia | 4 |
Termitomyces microcarpus | Â | 9.4 | 5.8 | 4.8 | Ethiopia | 4 |