Table 1 ACE inhibiting activities of water extracts of Tricholoma mushroomsa.

From: A Tricholoma matsutake Peptide with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitory and Antioxidative Activities and Antihypertensive Effects in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Mushroom Species

ACE Inhibitory Activity (%) of Water Extract

Tricholoma matsutake

95.0 ± 0.2

Tricholoma terreum

35.3 ± 0.4

Tricholoma pessundatum

10.3 ± 0.1

Tricholoma mongolicum

63.9 ± 0.5

Tricholoma saponaceum

38.2 ± 0.7

Tricholoma bakamatsutake Hongo

2.4 ± 0.4

Tricholoma giganteum

29.7 ± 0.2

Tricholoma myomyces

19.6 ± 0.0

  1. aThe ratio of mushroom to distilled water (weight to volume) used for preparing the extracts was 1:2. Values were means ± S.D. of three determinations.
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