Chemical composition and nutritional and medicinal value of fruit bodies and submerged cultured mycelia of culinary-medicinal higher basidiomycetes mushrooms

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-291

  Cohen, Nachshol ^a   Cohen, Jacob ^a   Asatiani, Mikheil D ^b,c   Varshney, Vinay K ^d   Yu, Hui Tzu ^e   Yang, Yi Chi ^e   Li, Yu Hsuan ^e   Mau, Jeng Leun ^e   Wasser, Solomon P ^b,f  

^a Mycolivia Ltd   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (Georgia)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cordycepin; Ergothioneine; Fatty acids; Fruiting body; Lovastatin; Macroelements; Medicinal mushrooms; Microelements; Mycelium; Proximate composition; aminobuthiric acid (GABA)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CORDYCEPIN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FAT; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GLYCINE; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; MACROELEMENT; MAGNESIUM; MEVINOLIN; MICROELEMENT; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROLINE; PROTEIN; SERINE; STEARIC ACID; SULFUR; THIONEINE; THREONINE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGARICUS SUBRUFESCENS; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COPRINUS COMATUS; CORDYCEPS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRY WEIGHT; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES; FRUITING BODY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GRIFOLA FRONDOSA; HERICIUM ERINACEUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; LENTINULA EDODES; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; MOISTURE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEDICINAL PLANT; VEGETABLE;

AMINO ACIDS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FATTY ACIDS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; MYCELIUM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84901926772     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v16.i3.80     Document Type: Article

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