Notes on nutritional properties of culinary-medicinal mushrooms

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 103-110

  Stamets, Paul ^a  

^a Fungi Perfecti Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecalciferol; Ergocalciferol; Ergosterol; Food and Drug Administration; Medicinal mushrooms; Nutrition; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; ERGOSTEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GRIFOLA FRONDOSA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LENTINUS EDODES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PUBLICATION; SUNLIGHT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GRIFOLA FRONDOSA; LENTINULA EDODES; LENTINUS;

EID: 20844434508     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v7.i12.100     Document Type: Article

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