Antioxidant components and antioxidant activities of hydroglyceroalcoholic extract from fresh mushroom mycelium

Abstract

The in vitro antioxidant activity, as well as the hydroglyceroalcoholic extracts main active components from mycelia of Pleurotus ostreatus and Coprinus comatus, were determined. The mycelium submitted for extraction was obtained by submerged cultivation in a bioreactor. The hydroglyceroalcoholic extracts, in particular, those of P ostreatus PSI101109 and PQMZ91109 mycelium had a considerable antioxidant activity, and was compared to the overall constituent of flavonoids plus phenolic compounds. According to the extracts HPLC assessment, the key phenolic acid evident from the extracts was gentisic acid. The homogentisic, gallic and protocatechuic acids were also determined. Catechin was identified as well, except for C comatus M8102 and P. ostreatus PBS281009 mycelia extracts. Since catechol and gentisic acid levels were high, respectively, there was a correlation with the absence of carotenoid compounds in hydroglyceroalcoholic extracts (P. ostreatus PSI101109). There is a correspondence between the hydroglyceroalcoholic extracts' key antioxidant activities with the catechin and polyphenolic acids levels identified in each extract.