%A JI Chen-feng, YUE Lei %T Review on Anti-tumor Polysaccharides in Mushroom %0 Journal Article %D 2014 %J Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products %R 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2014.01.022 %P 128-134 %V 34 %N 1 %U {http://www.cifp.ac.cn/CN/abstract/article_1913.shtml} %8 2014-02-28 %X Mushrooms are recognized as functional foods and have credible nutritional and medicinal values. Polysaccharide is one of the most bioactive components in mushrooms and exhibits anti-tumor and immunostimulating activities. Numerous polysaccharides with anti-tumor activity have been extracted from a variety of mushrooms, but there are many differences in their chemical composition, structure and anti-tumor activity. This review aims to integrate the R&D progress of anti-tumor polysaccharides in mushrooms which include mushroom polysaccharides with anti-tumor activity, chemistry of mushroom polysaccharides, relationship between structure and anti-tumor activities of mushroom polysaccharides, anti-tumor activity and mechanisms of mushroom polysaccharides. And this review also looks forward to the future studies on receptors and signal transduction pathway, structure activity relationship and pharmacokinetics of polysaccharides.