An Introduction to Mushroom

The mushroom has a wide number of medicinal properties such as being an antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, immune enhancer, and also used for the treatment of various diseases such as anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretics, etc. According to current information, there are a...

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description The mushroom has a wide number of medicinal properties such as being an antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, immune enhancer, and also used for the treatment of various diseases such as anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretics, etc. According to current information, there are approximately twelve-thousand species in the world, and out of them, 2000 species are reported as being edible. Around 35 edible mushroom varieties are cultivated commercially, whereas almost 200 wild species could be used for medicinal purposes. This book also covers the diversity of edible mushrooms and describes several applications as an alternative source for food production and clinical approach. This book includes: • the diverse types of mushroom and their enzymatic activity • importance of nutritional properties along with their food product development • industrial and clinical applications of macro fungi, i.e., degradation of dyes, anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, etc.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-675722024-04-05T17:31:04Z An Introduction to Mushroom Kumar Passari, Ajit Sánchez, Sergio Mycology, fungi (non-medical) thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSG Microbiology (non-medical) The mushroom has a wide number of medicinal properties such as being an antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, immune enhancer, and also used for the treatment of various diseases such as anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretics, etc. According to current information, there are approximately twelve-thousand species in the world, and out of them, 2000 species are reported as being edible. Around 35 edible mushroom varieties are cultivated commercially, whereas almost 200 wild species could be used for medicinal purposes. This book also covers the diversity of edible mushrooms and describes several applications as an alternative source for food production and clinical approach. This book includes: • the diverse types of mushroom and their enzymatic activity • importance of nutritional properties along with their food product development • industrial and clinical applications of macro fungi, i.e., degradation of dyes, anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, etc. 2021-04-20T16:18:28Z 2021-04-20T16:18:28Z 2020 book ONIX_20210420_9781789859560_2932 9781789859560 9781789859553 9781838810467 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/67572 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/9463/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.86908 10.5772/intechopen.86908 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781789859560 9781789859553 9781838810467 IntechOpen 148 open access
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An Introduction to Mushroom
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