Mushrooms : types, properties and nutrition / Sophie Andres and Niko Baumann, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andres, Sophie.

Baumann, Niko.

Series:

Microbiology research advances series.

Food science and technology.

Microbiology research advances

Food science and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mushrooms.

Mushrooms--Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents topical research from across the globe in the study of the types, properties and nutrition of mushrooms. Topics discussed include edible mushroom role in weight regulation; disease control in the mushroom industry; sustainable use of microbial endophytes; hemolytic lectins of higher mushrooms; radioactivity of European wild growing edible mushrooms; co-cultivation of pleurotus species with yeasts; biologically active mushroom proteins and activation and stabilization of mushroom tyrosinase by addition of polyethylene glycols.

Contents:

Shiitake mushroom submerged culture and morphogenesis: regularities, computations, practical use / Olga M. Tsivileva, Alexei N. Pankratov, Valentina E. Nikitina

Edible mushrooms: potential role in weight regulation / Kavita H. Poddar

Cultivated mushrooms: disease control in mushroom industry / Ivana Potocnik

Production of pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) grown on sugar cane biomass (trash, bagasse and pith) / Noé Aguilar-Rivera ... [et al.]

Sustainable use of microbial endophytes / Devendra Kumar Choudhary

Chemical composition and nutritional value of European species of wild growing mushrooms / Pavel Kalac

Pleuran: immunomodulotor polysaccharide from pleurotus ostreatus, structure, production and application / Hesham El Enshasy, Parisa Maftoun, Roslinda Abd Malek

Enhancing the medicinal properties of agaricus blazei by growing practices / Diego Cunha Zied, Francisco José Gea Alegría, Arturo Pardo Gimenez

Hemolytic lectins of higher mushrooms / V.O. Antonyuk, R.S. Stoika

Radioactivity of European wild growing edible mushrooms / Pavel Kalac

White button mushrooms, quality evaluation and shelf life prediction / Masoud Taghizade, Aoife Gowen, Colm O'Donnell

Basidiomycetes mushrooms of Brazilian tropical rainforests: biodiversity and biological applications / Luiz H. Rosa ... [et al.]

Co-cultivation of pleurotus species with yeasts / D.N. Novoselova, O.V. Kamzolkina

Antioxidant properties of the most common edible mushrooms consumed in Brazil / Gisele Pezente Ferrari

Biologically active mushroom proteins / T.B. Ng, Xiu Juan Ye

Activation and stabilization of mushroom tyrosinase by addition of polyethylene glycols / Zhen Yang, Ya-Jun Yue, Ting-Wei Chen

Agaricus bM mushroom may protect athletes against inflammation, infection and asthma / G. Hetland.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61470-130-X

OCLC:

828869727