The medicinal properties of mushrooms have been known about for millennia and were exploited for the benefit of humans by many ancient civilizations, including those in Ancient China, Eastern Europe, Mesoamerica and Africa. Mushrooms are known to be medically active in several therapies, such as antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral and other, the therapeutic effect is linked to the presence of bioactive compounds [1,2].Searching fornovel effective compounds that enhance wound healing is a new interest in the modern biomedical sciences. Nowadays, many researchers focus on the phyto medicine due to the ability of various plants to heal wounds via natural repair pathways. Exceeding 70% of pharma products for wound healing depend mainly on plants, however, only 20% of those products depend on mineral compounds [2,3]. In this respect, more attention was attracted towards higher fungi that show a vast range of vital therapeutic properties.However, the ability of mushrooms to heal wounds have not been completely identified. Hence, the study of the effect of mushrooms on wound healing is crucial. In addition, the results depend mainly on the fungus type , its strain, the composition of culture medium for fungus cultivation, the fungus part used in the study (Spores, mycelia, fruit bodies), as well as the methods of its active ingredients production (the medium for suspending, the extractant) [1][2][3].Several studies have presented promising wound healing activity of Handkea utriformis,Hericium erinaceus, Morchella esculenta, Sparassis crispa and Agaricus blazei, many of those studies use relatively crude extracts. Further research is required to isolate and identify more bioactive compounds responsible forwound healing activity.
HANDKEA UTRIFORMIS (PUFFBALL)Numerous studies showed that many mushrooms are considered a valuable source of many biologically active compounds that may have a great beneficial influence on human health [2, 3].