Taxonomic Details, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Termitomyces eurhizus (berk) r. Heim from District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to investigate the growth of mycelia indifferent solid media and determination of antibacterial and antioxidantactivity of acetone, methanol and distilled water extracts of mycelia andfruiting bodies of Termitomyces eurhizus. The antioxidant and antibacterialactivities were evaluated by using DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl)free radical scavenging assay and Agar-well diffusion method respectively.Result showed that out of five different solid media, Hagem`s-Modessmedium was found to be best solid medium for culturing the mycelia of T.eurhizus. Different extracts of fruiting bodies showed good antioxidantactivity than the mycelial extracts. On the other hand, mycelial extractsexhibited significant antibacterial activity than the fruiting bodies extracts ofT. eurhizus.