The Current Status, Bioactivity, Food, and Pharmaceutical Approaches of Calocybe indica: A Review

Abstract

Over the past few years, mushrooms have been extensively explored in the field of pharmaceutical and food science, and researchers are heading toward the search for vital components with a higher safety margin and multitarget applications. Moreover, among all age group populations, mushroom consumption has increased immensely owing to their great nutritional aspects, desirable organoleptic properties, and aroma. In addition, mushrooms continue to generate much attention chiefly in their consumption as food, as a cure for different ailments, as well as a vital commodity globally, owing to their dietary, antioxidant, and therapeutic values. Mushrooms are considered one of the important and suitable diets for patients having multiple types of diseases. Additionally, due to potential immunomodulatory effects, quality protein, and low fat, and cholesterol content, mushrooms are used as an important ingredient for food formulation. Therefore, this review article provides detailed information on Calocybe indica as they are the third most important commercially grown mushroom following button and oyster mushrooms. This review brings tangible evidence that milky white mushrooms are a great source of natural components and antioxidants with potential application in pharmaceuticals and in treating and managing different diseases. Several food applications of milky white mushrooms have also been discussed and reviewed.

Identification of Eight High Yielding Strains via Morpho-Molecular Characterization of Thirty-Three Wild Strains of Calocybe indica

“…C. indica also possesses various medicinal and therapeutic applications. A detailed review on the account of nutritional and medicinal properties of C. indica was presented by Shashikant et al [7] in which its potential anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti-obesity, hepatoprotective and anti-aging activities were reported. Despite its importance, very few strains were reported for commercial cultivation in India viz.…”

Effects of Calocybe indica Mushroom on Oxidative Stress and Hematological ‎Alterations in Rats with Testosterone-induced Experimental Benign Prostatic ‎Hyperplasia

“…Calocybe indica, also known as milky mushroom due to its characteristic colour and wide acceptability as palatable food is a widely cultivated macrofungus. It is specifically known to have significant medicinal properties such as antioxidant, anticancer, immune stimulating, antidiabetic and hepato-protective effects (Ghosh, 2015;Subbiah and Balan, 2015;Ghosh et al, 2021;Shashikant et al, 2022). Although, there are few reports on the effects of mushrooms on BPH (Nahata and Dixit, 2012;Kim et al, 2013;Choi et al, 2019), there is little information on the activity of Calocybe indica against the disease.…”