for button mushrooms packaging, the packaging films with high permeability to oxygen and carbon dioxide are required. permeability of plastic films such as pvc lead to loss of weight (and thus economic value) and textural changes are undesirable for button mushroom. so packaging film of polyolefins (pd 941 and pd 961) can be used. also the new film, hydrophilic materials such as films made from...

The novel cerebroside, termitomycesphin I (1), and two known cerebrosides (2 and 3) were isolated from the edible mushroom, Termitomyces titanicus. The structures of 1-3 were determined and identified by interpreting the spectroscopic data.

The antioxidant properties of two wild edible mushroom species from the northeast of Portugal, Lactarius deliciosus (L.) Gray and Tricholoma portentosum (Fr.) Quél., were evaluated. Methanolic extracts from the entire mushroom, the cap and the stipe, separately, were screened for their reducing power and free radical scavenging capacity by chemical assays. The total phenolic content was determi...

One of the newest technologies for storing agricultural products is the biodegradable packagingmethod, in which certain materials are utilized on a nano scale. Edible mushroom is a nutritious agriculturalproduct which can be considered a food source as well as having medicinal applications while having a shortshelf life after harvesting. In this study, the mushroom was packaged in polylactic ac...

ABSTRACT: Using agricultural waste is one of the best ways to reduce the costs and the environmental pollution. Button mushroom´s stipe is a cheap by-product that is rich in nutrients for human nutrition. The purpose of this study is to compare the nutritional value of cap and stipe of button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). The caps were separated from the stipes after harvesting and parameters s...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the association between mushroom consumption and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in southern Chinese women. METHODS A hospital-based case-control study was undertaken in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, from 2006 to 2008. Participants were 500 incident patients with epithelial ovarian cancer and 500 controls, with a mean (SD) age of 59 (6) years. Info...

PURPOSE Chronic inflammatory processes contribute to the pathogenesis of many age-related diseases. In search of anti-inflammatory foods, we have systematically screened a variety of common dietary plants and mushrooms for their anti-inflammatory activity. METHODS A selection of 115 samples was prepared by a generic food-compatible processing method involving heating. These products were test...

ruffling is a practice through which the mycelia containing casing soil will be thoroughly mixed. to evaluate the effects of ruffling of different casing soils in button mushroom production, an experiment was conducted comprised of three levels of ruffling; no ruffling, deep ruffling vs. superficial scratch and eight different types of casing soils, namely: holland peat (c1), north peat (c2), s...