Exploring the Potential of Pleurotus Ostreatu...

Exploring the Potential of Pleurotus Ostreatus: A Comprehensive Review

Author Name : K. G. Rajyalakshmi, Ch. Sreeja, T. Usha Kiran Reddy, S. Ayesha, E. Gowtham G.Sindhu, Ch. Apparao

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56025/IJARESM.2023.1201242375

ABSTRACT Mushrooms are edible fungi which can be taken by people of different age groups. Mushrooms are greatly known for providing the food that ensures great quality which have high biological value. They can efficiently supply high protein diet with low calorific value so it is useful for cardiac and diabetic patients. It provides all the required amino acids for our immune health. Oyster mushrooms belong to class basidiomycetes and kingdom Mycota. It is known to contain different chemical constituents that benefits different diseases in human body. They contain proteins, polysacharides, proteins, sterols, volatile oils, and polyphenols. Pleurotus Ostreatus possess a variety of biological activities, including anti-oxidant, anti-hyperlipidemic, anti- tumor, immunoregulatory and bacteriostatic. We are all familiar with different species of mushrooms among them Pleurotus Ostreatus is the one which is also known as oyster mushrooms. There are different steps involved in cultivation of mushrooms like substrate preparation, spawning of substrate, incubation, fruiting, and harvesting. For complete growth of healthy mushrooms it takes nearly 25 to 30 days. Diabetes is a metabolic disease that involves high blood glucose levels. Mushrooms can be consumed by diabetic patients due to their low calorific value.