Mushrooms : types, properties, and nutrition /

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Imprint:Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Microbiology Research Advances
Microbiology Research Advances.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11174403
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Other authors / contributors:Andres, Sophie.
Baumann, Niko.
ISBN:9781614701309
161470130X
9781614701101
1614701105
9781614701101
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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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."--Pub. desc.
Other form:Print version: Mushrooms Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012. 9781614701101 (hardcover)
Table of 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.