Mushrooms as functional foods /
Cheung, Peter C. K.
Mushrooms as functional foods / edited by Peter C.K. Cheung - Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication, 2008 - xxi, 259 p. : ill (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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
9780470054062 (cloth) RM339.92
Mushrooms--Therapeutic use
Functional foods
Agaricales--chemistry
Food analysis
Food technology
Mushrooms as functional foods / edited by Peter C.K. Cheung - Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication, 2008 - xxi, 259 p. : ill (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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
9780470054062 (cloth) RM339.92
Mushrooms--Therapeutic use
Functional foods
Agaricales--chemistry
Food analysis
Food technology