Antioxidant profile of Agaricus bisporus and Calocybe indica

Abstract

The Button mushroom Agaricus bisporus, Milky mushroom Calocybe indica are the most common cultivated mushrooms, and they susceptible to a wide range of virus, bacterial and fungal diseases.  The modulation of the mushroom used now-a-days in the field of medicine, is the way where this is partly achieved.  The aim of this project is to incorporate the Antioxidant profile in dried from of powered samples of the Agaricus bisporus and Calocybe indica. Among the two mushroom varieties Agaricus bisporus show higher level of SOD, GST, while the enzymatic antioxidant content specifically GPX and Catalase is high in Calocybe indica mushroom variety. The level of GP₆D seems to be slightly varied between the Agaricus bisporus and Calocybe indica mushroom types. Both Agaricus bisporus and Calocybe indica shows good store of Enzymatic Antioxidant. By comparing the vitamin levels both Agaricus bisporus and calocybe indica mushroom varieties exhibited higher content of ascorbic acid. The level of α-tocopherol is found to be higher in   Calocybe indica mushroom than Agaricus bispours.