Today, along with the increase in molecular studies, their use in biological warfare as well as in the production of antibiotic and other pharmacological products has increased. The number of mushroom species is estimated to be around 140,000 and only 10% of these (about 14,000) have been designated. Since early times, mushrooms have been an important nutrient for humans and have had significant medical values. The usage of various foods and natural products for therapeutic purposes has a long history. KeywordsДЄuricularia auricula Trametes versicolor Oxidative stress Antioxidant DNA protective Introduction However, it was also considered that the mushroom samples collected from regions with adequate OSI values could be used as antioxidant. Thus, it was recommended to demonstrate caution in consumption of mushrooms collected in these regions. High OSI values found in both mushroom species showed that these mushroom are unhealthy. It was also observed that the mushrooms have variable element content, and have similar TAS, TOS and OSI levels. It was determined that antioxidant potential of mushroom ethanol extracts were low compared to the standard and they did not have DNAprotective activities. Furthermore, Fe, Mg, Zn, Cu, Na and Ca contents were determined with atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Mushroom ethanol extracts were obtained and antioxidant activities with DPPH method, TAS, TOS and OSI values with Rel Assay Diagnostics kits, and DNA protective activities using pBR322 supercoil DNA were identified. and Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd mushroom species. The objective of the present study is to determine antioxidant activities, DNA-protective activities, total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS), oxidative stress indices (OSI) and Fe, Mg, Zn, Cu, Na and Ca content in Auricularia auricula (L.) Underw.

Several mushroom species are consumed by collecting from the nature or in cultured form for their nutritional and medical characteristics.

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J Tradit Med Clin Natur 6:239.Д¬opyright: В© 2017 Akgul H, et al. Received date: AugAccepted date: SeptemPublished date: September 08, 2017Д¬itation: Akgul H, Sevindik M, Coban C, Alli H, Selamoglu Z (2017) New Approaches in Traditional and Complementary Alternative Medicine Practices: Auricularia auricula and Trametes versicolor. Hasan Akgul 1, Mustafa Sevindik 1 *, Cagri Coban 2, Hakan Alli 3 and Zeliha Selamoglu 4ДЎ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Akdeniz University, Antalya, TurkeyДў Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, TurkeyДЈ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mugla SД±tkД± KoГ§man University, Mugla, TurkeyД¤ Department of Medical Biology, Omer Halisdemir University, Nigde, Turkey *Corresponding Author: Mustafa SevindikДepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science New Approaches in Traditional and Complementary Alternative Medicine Practices: Auricularia auricula and Trametes versicolor

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