Mushrooms

Cultivation, Antioxidant Properties & Health Benefits

Buch | Hardcover

254 Seiten

2014
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-63117-521-3 (ISBN)

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Many of the vast number of mushroom species are available world-wide. They are valued in gourmet traditions around the world for their unique taste, aroma, nutritional value, and medicinal potentials. Many mushroom species are also used in traditional medicines in many countries around the world, including China, Japan, Nigeria, Tibet, etc. Additionally, mushrooms are highly appreciated by many in most communities. Because they are considered as valuable health foods, have acceptable texture and flavour, have low energy content, high proportion of indigestible fibre, and antioxidant constituents. They have good medicinal values, and they contain significant amounts of vitamins, and minerals. This book discusses the cultivation of mushrooms along with the antioxidant properties mushrooms have. The book also provides information on the health benefits edible mushrooms may have on the human body.

Preface; Biological Significance & Medicinal Properties of the Maitake Mushroom; The Use of Edible Mushroom Extracts as Bioactive Ingredients to Design Novel Functional Foods with Hypocholesterolemic Activities; Mushrooms: Biological Characterization, Antioxidant Properties & Interactions with Human Health; Phytochemistry, Traditional Uses & Health Benefits of the Mushroom Inonotus obliquus (Chaga); Immunomodulatory Effects of Mushroom Extracts & Compounds; An Insight into Anti-Diabetic Effects of Mushrooms; Protective Effects of Mushrooms against Tissue Damage with Emphasis on Neuroprotective, Hepatoprotective & Radioprotective Activities; Effects of Mushroom Extracts & Compounds on Experimental Diabetes; Antihyperlipidemic Effects of Mushroom Extracts & Compounds; Mushroom Proteins with Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antiviral, Anti-Parasite & Anti-Insect Activities; Micronutrients Benefits of Consumption of the Sclerotium (Tuber) of Pleurotus tuber-regium (Osu) Mushroom in Southeastern Nigeria; Valorization of Coffee-Grounds Supplemented with Wheat Straw by Cultivation of a Pleurotus ostreatus Local Strain; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	662 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
ISBN-10	1-63117-521-1 / 1631175211
ISBN-13	978-1-63117-521-3 / 9781631175213
Zustand	Neuware