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Dipan Sarma, Ajay Krishna Saha and Badal Kumar Datta

Abstract: Pleurotus ostreatus is a macro fungus belongs to the class Basidiomycetes and family Agaricaceae, known as the oyster mushroom. Globally the mushroom is the second most cultivated for food purposes. It is reputed for its nutritional and pharmacological uses and a number of pure bioactive compounds have been isolated from its different solvent extract of the fruiting body and mycelium. Several research papers reported that those bioactive compounds exhibit many health beneficial activities such as tumour chemopreventive, antiviral, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, hypocholesterolemic activity etc. The short review embraces updated information about the bioactive compound of anticancer activity of P. ostreatus. A total number of 13 reported anticancer activities, students was consulted in this review and a critical analysis revealed that different solvent extract and polysaccharide extract of Pleurotus ostreatus showed significant anticancer activity on animal cell line and human cell lines compared with control.

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