Cultivation, biochemical, molecular biological and medical aspects of the culinary-medicinal straw mushroom Volvariella volvacea (Bull.:Fr.) singer (Agaricomycetideae)

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 157-166

  Buswell, John A ^a   Chen, Mingjie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulases; Cold shock proteins; Cryopreservation; Laccase; Medicinal properties; Mushroom cultivation; Volvariella volvacea

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; LACCASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLVARIELLA VOLVACEA EXTRACT;

AGARICOMYCETIDEAE; AUTOLYSIS; CHINESE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FRUIT; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSHROOM; MUSHROOM BODY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; VOLVARIELLA VOLVACEA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; VOLVARIELLA VOLVACEA;

EID: 20844432382     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v7.i12.150     Document Type: Review

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