A novel laccase was isolated and purified from fermentation mycelia of mushroom Coprinus comatus with an isolation procedure including three ion-exchange chromatography steps on DEAE-cellulose, CM-cellulose, and Q-Sepharose and one gel-filtration step by fast protein liquid chromatography on Superdex 75. The purified enzyme was a monomeric protein with a molecular weight of 64 kDa. It possessed...

Mushrooms have been reported as sources of biomolecules with various potential. Coprinus comatus was studied to obtain information about this species, comparing cultivated and wild samples. Free sugars, fatty acids, tocopherols, organic acids and phenolic acids were analyzed by chromatographic techniques coupled to different detectors. C. comatus methanolic extract was tested for its antioxidan...

A new subgenus Wraseiellus new subgenus (type species: Pterostichus andrewesi Jedlička 1931) of the genus Pterostichus from China is described. Eight species and one subspecies are recognized in the new subgenus including three new species and one new subspecies: Pt. (Wraseiellus) comatus new species (Guangxi: Maoershan, N25.87°, E110.42°), Pt. (Wraseiellus) crassiapex new species (Hubei: Tiech...

An account of nine Agarics, namely, Macrolepiota procera, M. rhacodes. Lepiota leprica, L. holospilota, Coprinus comatus, C. plicatilis, C. scobicola, C. disseminatus and C. flocculosus, were collected from different localities that is Noor city of Mazandaran, Maragheh city of East Azarbaijan and Karaj and Varamin cities of Tehran province are described in details. Species namely Lepiota lepric...

In this research, 12 species of Agaric Fungi including, Agaricus arvensis, A. bisporus, Coprinus comatus, C. sterquilinus, Lentinus tigrinus, Inocybe griseovelata, I. subnudipes, I. terrifera, Leucoagaricus carneifolius, L. leucothites, Volvariella volvacea,and Volvupluteus gloiocephalus belonging to Agaricaceae, Inocybaceae, Pluteacae, and Polyporaceae were identified from Kermanshah and Harsi...

BACKGROUND Female sand flies of subgenus Adlerius are considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran. The objective of this study was to determine the morphological and genotypic variations in the populations of this subgenus in the country. METHODS Sand flies collected using sticky traps from 17 provinces during 2008-2010. The morphometric measurements were conducted with a...

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Western countries. Currently, there is no effective therapy for malignant estrogen-independent breast cancer. We have screened 38 species of edible mushroom on human estrogen-receptor positive (MCF-7) and estrogenreceptor negative (MDA-MB-231, BT-20) breast cancer cells to select potential agents with broad-spectrum antitumor ac...