INTRODUCTION Biological particles deposit on air handling system filters as they process air. This study reports and interprets abundance and diversity information regarding biomass accumulation on ordinarily used filters acquired from several locations in a university environment. METHODS DNA-based analysis was applied both to quantify (via DNA fluorometry and qPCR) and to characterize (via ...

Lignosus rhinocerotis (Cooke) Ryvarden (LR) or tiger milk mushroom has traditionally been used in Malaysia due to its abundant medicinal properties. The potential effects of LR on the male and female fertility teratogenicity were investigated rats. Male Sprague Dawley (10 rats/group) orally administered with 0, 250, 500 1000 mg/kg/day extract for 30 consecutive days. Female (5 received same tre...

The depletion of fossil fuels and the emission greenhouse gases have increased demand for new sustainable energy sources, leading to growing interest in using fast-growing filamentous fungi as a source bioenergy. This study aimed optimize production exopolysaccharides (EPS) mycelial biomass (MB) from native medicinal mushroom, Lignosus rhinocerus, through submerged liquid fermentation. Using re...

Previous studies on the nutritional and nutraceutical properties of Lignosus rhinocerotis focused mainly on the sclerotium; however, the supply of wild sclerotium is limited. In this investigation, the antioxidant capacity and cytotoxic effect of L. rhinocerotis cultured under different conditions of liquid fermentation (shaken and static) were compared to the sclerotium produced by solid-subst...

The influence of embryonic axis and exogenously applied plant growth hormones on protein mobilization and development of proteases have been investigated in Indian bean (Dolichos lablab L. var lignosus) seeds during germination and post-germinative growth up to 10 days. Accumulation of free amino acids synchronized with rapid proteolysis and higher levels were maintained throughout the germinat...