OYSTER MUSHROOMS (PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS)

General

USDA. (2021). Pleurotus Ostreatus. https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=PLOS

NCBI. (2022). Pleurotus Ostreatus. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557563/

Cheong MW, et al. "Bioactive compounds in oyster mushrooms." Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2019;70(3):250-262. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2018.1464393.

Brain Health

Uffelman CN, Harold R, Hodson ES, Chan NI, Foti D, Campbell WW. Effects of Consuming White Button and Oyster Mushrooms within a Healthy Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern on Changes in Subjective Indexes of Brain Health or Cognitive Function in Healthy Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Foods. 2024 Jul 23;13(15):2319. doi: 10.3390/foods13152319. PMID: 39123511; PMCID: PMC11311880.

Heart Health

Dicks L, Ellinger S. Effect of the Intake of Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) on Cardiometabolic Parameters-A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials. Nutrients. 2020 Apr 17;12(4):1134. doi: 10.3390/nu12041134. PMID: 32316680; PMCID: PMC7230384.

Immune Support

Wang, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z., Li, Y., & Zhang, G. (2019). Polysaccharides from Pleurotus ostreatus enhance the immunity of normal mice. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 137, 968-975.

Zhou, G., Jiang, H., Yin, Z., Liu, J., Yang, Y., & Gong, Z. (2019). Immunomodulatory effect of the polysaccharides extracted from oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) on macrophages. Food science and biotechnology, 28(4), 1043-1050.

Wang, J., Li, S., Fan, Y., Chen, Y., Liu, D., & Cheng, Y. (2017). Anti-inflammatory activity of polysaccharide from Pleurotus ostreatus via MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways. Food science and biotechnology, 26(1), 63-69.

Li, H., Zhang, Q., Li, N., Liu, Y., & Zheng, Z. (2019). Polysaccharides from Pleurotus ostreatus enhance the immune response in RAW264. 7 macrophages via the TLR4/NF-κB pathway. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 133, 797-804.

Cheng, C. Y., Yang, S. S., Peng, J. T., Peng, C. F., Wang, Y. J., & Huang, T. H. (2016). Anti-inflammatory effects of ethanolic extract from oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) in murine macrophages. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 96(5), 1629-1637.

Wang, H., Liang, Q., Li, B., Xie, J., & Zhu, X. (2014). Polysaccharide extract from Pleurotus ostreatus enhances the antitumor activity of immunological effector cells. International journal of biological macromolecules, 69, 1-6.

Stastny J, Marsik P, Tauchen J, Bozik M, Mascellani A, Havlik J, Landa P, Jablonsky I, Treml J, Herczogova P, Bleha R, Synytsya A, Kloucek P. Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Five Medicinal Mushrooms of the Genus Pleurotus. Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Aug 13;11(8):1569. doi: 10.3390/antiox11081569. PMID: 36009288; PMCID: PMC9405179.

Jayaprakash B, Suresh AR, Thiruvengadam R, Alharbi NS, Kadaikunnan S, Sankaran S, Thiruvengadam M, Senthil R, Venkidasamy B. Evaluation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)-derived anthraquinone on the induction of apoptosis and suppression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression in breast cancer cells. Int J Med Sci. 2024 Apr 8;21(6):1016-1026. doi: 10.7150/ijms.93334. PMID: 38774755; PMCID: PMC11103395.

Weight Support

Alam N, Yoon KN, Lee TS, Lee UY. Hypolipidemic Activities of Dietary Pleurotus ostreatus in Hypercholesterolemic Rats. Mycobiology. 2011 Mar;39(1):45-51. doi: 10.4489/MYCO.2011.39.1.045. Epub 2011 Mar 23. PMID: 22783072; PMCID: PMC3385090.

Hu Y, Xu J, Sheng Y, Liu J, Li H, Guo M, Xu W, Luo Y, Huang K, He X. Pleurotus Ostreatus Ameliorates Obesity by Modulating the Gut Microbiota in Obese Mice Induced by High-Fat Diet. Nutrients. 2022 Apr 29;14(9):1868. doi: 10.3390/nu14091868. PMID: 35565835; PMCID: PMC9103077.