This popular edible mushroom is also a highly effective medicinal mushroom! Many extensive studies on the nutritional and therapeutic properties of the Oyster Mushroom have been conducted. The existence of bioactive molecules, which have been identified from Oyster mushroom fruiting bodies, is responsible for the health-promoting and medicinal benefits.
The known bioactive compounds are β-Glucans, peptides and proteins, terpenes, fatty acid esters and polyphenols. Because of these bioactive substances, Oyster mushrooms demonstrate important therapeutic activity including reducing blood sugar levels and inflammation, enhancing the immune system, protecting the liver, lowering blood pressure, preventing strokes and reducing the risks of heart attacks.
