Foreword

Limited data is available worldwide in the area of mushroom research. There is a strong need to explore the various nutraceuticals in mushrooms. Lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes, and atherosclerosis are very common nowadays. Researchers worldwide are working on the edible components of daily diets that can improve the chances to overcome the rate of lifestyle diseases in common people. Polysaccharide like b-glucans, is the very important nutraceuticals in this respect that have been explored recently for their therapeutic potential. Various nutraceuticals having potent medicinal properties have been discussed in this book. In this book, the editor included the chapters in a sequence-wise manner. Initially, the medicinal properties of different edible and non-edible mushrooms have been mentioned. Diabetes is the next area that is explored in this book. The treatment of both type I and type II diabetes by mushrooms and their nutraceuticals has been included in this book. The authors of this book show their hard efforts to accumulate all the information related to the therapeutic potential of mushrooms. Cancer is the next centre of attraction and one of the major portions of this book written by several authors. Anticancer properties are very well fully discussed in a couple of chapters. Figures and tables are well positioned in this book. Antimicrobial properties also have been well written in a single chapter of this book. The last portion of this book emphasizes the bioremediation aspects of various mushrooms. Overall, this book offers a complete package that includes the therapeutic and bioremediation properties of various mushrooms. All these chapters are very vital for the readers and are written in a very comprehensive manner to maintain the interest of the readers. References are recent and well-arranged in a comprehensive manner. The editor has done a fantastic job of editing this book by pinpointing and revising the major areas of this book.