Edible Mushrooms: Nutrition and Safety
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2025 | Viewed by 755
Special Issue Editor
Interests: functional foods; natural products; edible fungi; immune; allergy; inflammation
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Dear Colleagues,
Edible mushrooms have long been used for their unique nutritional and medicinal values. As a rich source of bioactive compounds, they contribute to various health benefits, including immune modulation, anti-inflammatory effects, and potential allergy prevention. Their applications in functional foods and natural product research continue to expand, offering promising solutions for health and disease management.
This Special Issue, "Edible Mushrooms: Nutrition and Safety", aims to explore the latest research on the health benefits, bioactive components, and safety aspects of edible fungi. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and short communications covering, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Functional food applications of edible mushrooms;
- Bioactive compounds in mushrooms and their biological activities;
- Immunomodulatory effects of edible fungi;
- Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect of natural mushroom extracts;
- Safety assessment and toxicological studies of edible mushrooms;
- Advances in mushroom cultivation or processing for enhanced nutritional and therapeutic value.
We invite researchers from diverse disciplines, including food science, nutrition, pharmacology, and biotechnology, to contribute their latest findings to this Special Issue. Your valuable research will help further our understanding of edible mushrooms as functional foods and their role in human health.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Hye-Jin Park
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- edible mushroom
- bioactive compounds
- immunomodulation
- anti-inflammatory
- anti-allergy
- safety assessment
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