Determination of Multiple Antioxidant Activities of Endemic Tricholoma anatolicum H.H Doğan & Intini Collected from Turkey

Abstract

Tricholoma anatolicum H.H. Doğan & Intini is known as the most prized mushroomspecies in Feke region of Turkey. This mushroom species is collected from Cedar(Cedrus libani) forests and therefore is named as Cedar mushroom in this region. It iscollected and consumed by local collectors and also exported to Far East countries suchas Japan by exporting companies. Therefore, it is important to investigate the nutritionaland medical importance of this species. The aim of this study is to reveal the antioxidantactivity of methanol extract in different concentrations (1, 2 and 4 mg/mL) of T.anatolicum H.H. Doğan & Intini collected from Feke district of Adana province ofTurkey in 2015. In this study, it was determined that total phenolic content of thismushroom was 56 mg/kg. 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), nitric oxide (NO) andreducing power (RP) activities given in trolox (μM) and ferric-reducing antioxidantpower (FRAP) given in FeSO4 (μM) were found as 449, 180, 337 and 2 at the highestconcentration (4 mg/mL), respectively. As a result, it could be suggested that methanolextract of T. anatolicum H.H. Doğan & Intini has significantly antioxidant activity.