There are an estimated about 20,000 species of mushrooms in the world. Of these, approx. 2,0000 species is edible and around 1,500 species of them grow naturally in Korea. About 300 species of Korean natural mushroom could be classified as edible and medical purpose, but actual use is restricted to only 20 species. Mushrooms has been used for food ingredients since early times. Recently it is being used as a good pharmaceutical material or functional bio-material. Especially Ganoderma lucidum, Phellinus and Inonotus are used for medicinal purposes. In this meaning, the study about chemical component separation and active component effect is necessary. For the study, the systematic establishment of mushroom should be done. In this study, we are trying to build a library by using extracts from the edible, medicinal and wild mushrooms. The physiological activities(antioxidant, anticancer and anti-inflammatory effects) were performed to investigate the effectiveness of mushrooms.

• Jae-Han Cho(Mushroom research Division, Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Suwon 441-707, Korea)
• Hyung-Jun Noh( Mushroom research Division, Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Suwon 441-707, Korea) | Hyung-Jun Noh
• Sun-Young Um( Mushroom research Division, Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Suwon 441-707, Korea) | Sun-Young Um
• Chang-Sung Jhune( Mushroom research Division, Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Suwon 441-707, Korea) | Chang-Sung Jhune