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Author Cheung, Peter C. K

Title Mushrooms as functional foods / edited by Peter C.K. Cheung
Published Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, ©2008
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 259 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents An overview of mushroom cultivation and utilization as functional foods -- Molecular analysis & genomic studies of the shiitake mushroom Lentinula edodes -- Nutritional value and health benefits of mushrooms -- Sclerotia : an emerging functional food derived from mushrooms -- Antitumor and immunomodulatory activities of mushroom polysaccharides -- Regulatory issues of mushrooms as functional foods and dietary supplements : safety and efficacy
Summary Food scientists will dig into this robust reference on mushrooms. Mushrooms as Functional Foods is a compendium of current research on the chemistry and biology, nutritional and medicinal value, and the use of mushrooms in the modern functional fo
Analysis Electronic books
eetbare paddestoelen
edible fungi
paddestoelen
mushrooms
agaricales
agaricus
lentinula edodes
pleurotus
volvariella
ganoderma lucidum
functionele voedingsmiddelen
functional foods
therapeutic diets
voedseltechnologie
food technology
plantensamenstelling
plant composition
Edible fungi
Eetbare paddestoelen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mushrooms -- Therapeutic use
Functional foods.
Food -- Analysis.
Food science.
Fungi -- Therapeutic use.
Agaricales -- chemistry
Food Analysis
Food Technology
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Food -- Analysis
Functional foods
Mushrooms -- Therapeutic use
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007050403
ISBN 9780470368190
0470368195
9781613448649
1613448643
9780470367285
0470367288
9786612008856
6612008857
0470054069
9780470054062