Potential of Mushroom Compounds as Immunomodulators in Cancer Immunotherapy: A Review

Table 1

Bioactive compounds from mushrooms with anticancer activity.

Mushroom	Cancer	Common name	Compound/extract
Agaricus bisporus	Breast, colorectal	White button	Polysaccharides, lectin
Ganoderma lucidum	Breast, colorectal, cervical, prostate, liver, and lung	Lingzhi/reishi	Ganoderma polysaccharides, polysaccharide-peptides
Coriolus versicolor	Breast, colorectal, and skin	Yun Zhi	Krestin, PSK, PSP
Lentinus edodes	Cervical/ovarian, gastric, and skin	Shiitake	Lentinan
Grifola frondosa	Breast and bladder	Maitake	Grifolan, Maitake D fraction
Agaricus blazei	Leukemia, hematological, stomach, and lung	Brazilian	Agaricus polysaccharides
P. tuber-regium	Liver	King tuber	Pleuran
Flammulina velutipes	Skin	Winter	Flammulin

Modified from Roupas et al. (2012).