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eCAM 2005;2(3)285–299 doi:10.1093/ecam/neh107 Review The Pharmacological Potential of Mushrooms ¨ Ulrike Lindequist, Timo H. J. Niedermeyer and Wolf-Dieter Julich Institute of Pharmacy, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse 17, 17487 Greifswald, Germany This review describes pharmacologically active compounds from mushrooms. Compounds and complex substances with antimicrobial, antiviral, antitumor, antiallergic, immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, antiatherogenic, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective and central activities are covered, focusing on the review of recent literature. The production of mushrooms or mushroom compounds is discussed briefly. Keywords: antiatherogenic – antimicrobial – antitumor – basidiomycetes – bioactive compounds Introduction that only 10% are known. Assuming that the proportion of useful mushrooms among the undiscovered and unexamined The medicinal use of mushrooms has a very long tradition in mushrooms will be only 5%, which implies 7000 yet the Asian countries, whereas their use in the Western hemi- undiscovered species will be of possible benefit to sphere