ABSTRACT
The biological activities of the fungus have yet to be determined for medicinal purposes. Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical plants that produce a variety of intriguing biologically active chemical substances. Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.: Fr.) Murr. is also known as “sulphur polypore” or “chicken of the woods” owing to its distinctive sulphur-yellow polypore and chicken-like taste and feel. It has been used for millennia as a medicine, mainly in Japan, Korea and China. It has not received adequate attention as some of the more well-known upper Basidiomycetes. Furthermore, it is commonly utilized in traditional medicine to treat pyretic disorders, coughs, stomach cancer, and rheumatism. As an outcome, the species is regarded as a natural reservoir of both nourishment and drug therapy, and it has grown in popularity among scientists. It has recently been recognized by nutritional sciences as a sustainable food supply for the world's growing population. The biological components of L. sulphureus, as well as the activity and applications of the compounds, is examined in this book chapter.
