2025/01/07 by Korabel, Ivan M., Panchak, Lidiia V., Zyn, Alina R. +1
#Mucidula múcida #Tyromyces chioneus #aphyllophoroid fungi #lipophilic extracts #squalene
paper · doi:10.6092/issn.2531-7342/19781
The paper presents the results of the search for raw sources of squalene among real mushrooms. Lipophilic extracts obtained from fruiting bodies of 22 species were analyzed, 21 of which belonged to the class of Agaricomycetes of the orders Pezizales, Polyporales, Cantharellales, Russulales, Boletales, and one species to the class of Pezizomycetes of the order Pezizales. It was established that the content of squalene in lipophilic extracts from the fruiting bodies of Tyromyces chioneus, Fomitopsis betulina, Pleurotus ostreatus and Postia stiptica can exceed the content of squalene in fatty oil from the seeds of Amaranthus caudatus. However, the mass of the lipophilic extract obtained from the dried fruiting bodies of these mushrooms is insignificant. Also, the content of squalene in fruiting bodies at different stages of development, as shown by studies conducted on aphyllophoroid mushrooms Tyromyces chioneus, Laetiporus sulphureus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Fomitopsis betulina, Mucidula múcida, decreases as the fruiting bodies of these mushrooms ripen. At the same time, the yield of lipophilic extract from the fruiting bodies of M. múcida, is abnormally high, 9‒15% and increases during their ripening and, although the squalene content in them decreases as the mushrooms grow, this decrease is much smaller than in other mushrooms.