Mushrooms as functional foods

Cheung, Peter C. K.

Mushrooms as functional foods [electronic resource] / edited by Peter C.K. Cheung. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2008. - xxi, 259 p. : ill. (some col.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
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2013.
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Mushrooms--Therapeutic use.
Functional foods.


Electronic books.

RM666.M87 / C45 2008eb

615/.3296