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In this view, the breeding strategies of mushroom\n                      <jats:italic>Auricularia cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) focusing on high yield and higher quality with rich nutritional values and health benefits are still needed.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 50 strains of\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      were used to analyze the bio efficiency and the time required for fruiting body formation following the cultivation experiment. The calorimetric method was used to evaluate the antioxidant activity and quantify the crude polysaccharides and minerals content thereafter.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The results showed that the time required for fruiting body formation and biological efficiency varied significantly among the selected strains. Noticeably, the wild domesticated strain Ac13 of\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      mushroom showed the shortest fruit development time (80\u2009days). Similarly, the hybrid strains including Ac3 and Ac15 possessed the highest biological efficiency (82.40 and 94.84%). Hybrid strains Ac18 (15.2%) and cultivated strains Ac33 (15.6%) showed the highest content of crude polysaccharides, while cultivated strains Ac1 and Ac33, demonstrated the highest content of total polysaccharides in the fruiting body (216\u2009mg. g\n                      <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                      and 200\u2009mg. g\n                      <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                      ). In the case of mineral content, the highest zinc contents were observed from the cultivated strain Ac46 (486.33\u2009mg\u00b7kg\n                      <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                      ). The maximum iron content was detected from the hybrid strain Ac3 (788\u2009mg\u00b7kg\n                      <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                      ), and the wild domesticated strain Ac28 (350\u2009mg\u00b7kg\n                      <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                      ). The crude polysaccharides of the\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      strain showed significant antioxidant potential, and the ability of Ac33 and Ac24 to scavenge DPPH radicals and ABTS, which was significantly improved compared to other strains, respectively. Principal component analysis was applied to examine the agronomic traits and chemical compounds of various strains of\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      mushrooms. The results revealed that cultivated, wild domesticated, and hybrid strains of\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      exhibited distinct characteristics in terms of growth, yield, and nutritional properties.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The crude polysaccharides from\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      mushroom strains act as natural antioxidants, the wild, hybrid, and commercial\n                      <jats:italic>A. cornea<\/jats:italic>\n                      mushroom strains can achieve rapid growth, early maturation, and high yields. The evaluation of biochemical indexes and nutritional characteristics of strains with excellent traits provided a scientific basis for initiating high-quality breeding, provided germplasm resources for the production of \u201cfunctional food\u201d with real nutritional and health value.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnut.2023.1167805","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,19]],"date-time":"2023-06-19T01:13:26Z","timestamp":1687137206000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Characterization, antioxidant activity, and mineral profiling of Auricularia cornea mushroom strains"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Asif Ali","family":"Khan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Li-Xin","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fang-Jie","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ming","family":"Fang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peng","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"You-Min","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing-Jing","family":"Meng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiao-Xu","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qi","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kai-Sheng","family":"Shao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yun-hui","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baojun","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"8596","DOI":"10.1021\/acsomega.9b04478","article-title":"Cultivated fruit body of Phellinus baumii: a potentially sustainable antidiabetic resource","volume":"5","author":"Yang","year":"2020","journal-title":"ACS Omega"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"694","DOI":"10.1016\/j.carbpol.2012.03.078","article-title":"Characterization of antioxidant polysaccharides from Auricularia auricular using microwave-assisted extraction","volume":"89","author":"Zeng","year":"2012","journal-title":"Carbohydr Polym"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1972","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules25081972","article-title":"Bioactive phytochemical constituents of wild edible mushrooms from Southeast Asia","volume":"25","author":"Thu","year":"2020","journal-title":"Molecules"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e12965","DOI":"10.1111\/jfbc.12965","article-title":"Structural characterization and determination of biological activities for different polysaccharides extracted from tree mushroom species","volume":"43","author":"Deveci","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Food Biochem"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"575","DOI":"10.1016\/j.carbpol.2018.06.113","article-title":"Effect of solution plasma process with hydrogen peroxide on the degradation of water-soluble polysaccharide from Auricularia auricula. 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