Cite this article:
Shukla (2016). Ethnopharmacological Important of Tribal Mushrooms in Chhattisgarh Forest. Journal of Ravishankar University (Part-B: Science), 29(1), pp.67-68.
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Ethnopharmacological
Important of Tribal Mushrooms in Chhattisgarh Forest
Kamlesh Shukla
School of Studies in
Biotechnology, Pr. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India
Corresponding
author email: kshukla260@gmail.com
[Received
19 January 2016; accepted 25 January 2016]
Abstract: Chhattisgarh
state is well known for the largest forest area and tribal population in India.
The tribal have a very close linkage with their forest habitat and familiar
with a number of biological species. Among the tribal groups, the Baiga is one
of the most alien groups in this state. These aborigine people have developed
pharmacopoeia using flora and fauna and recognized a variety of mushroom as a
food and medicine. The medicinal use of mushrooms has a very long and
traditional knowledge of tribal groups it has been slightly increase knowledge
last decades in the world. It has estimated approx 140,000 mushroom species on
the earth and only 10% reported are known. Chhattisgarh forest creates a most
congenial atmosphere for occurrence edible and medicinal mushrooms which have
parental of providing alternatives for food and medicine. During our systematic
approach, to catalogue the indigenous tribal mushrooms species have been
recorded,viz Agaricus sp. Agrocybe sp, Amanita sp.. Coprinus sp. Clitocybe sp.,
Cortinarius sp, Geaster sp., Inocybe sp, Lentinus sp, Lepiota sp. Lactarius
sp., Pleurotus sp. Russula sp..Termitomyces sp., Tricholoma sp., Volvariella
sp. It is more nutritious and great potential of bioactive compound, secondary
metabolites, vitamins, and dietary supplements as functional foods,
nutraceuticals, nutriceuticals, and etc, which is great potential for
successful bioprospecting.
Keywords: Mushroom, Nutraceuticals, Baiga