Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes various hepatic pathologies ranging from hepatic steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis and cirrhosis. Estrogen provides a protective effect on the development of NAFLD in women. Therefore, postmenopausal women have a higher risk of developing NAFLD. Hepatic steatosis is an early stage of fatty liver disease. Steatosis can d...

abstract: using agricultural waste is one of the best ways to reduce the costs and the environmental pollution. button mushroom´s stipe is a cheap by-product that is rich in nutrients for human nutrition. the purpose of this study is to compare the nutritional value of cap and stipe of button mushroom (agaricus bisporus). the caps were separated from the stipes after harvesting and parameters s...

ABSTRACT: Using agricultural waste is one of the best ways to reduce the costs and the environmental pollution. Button mushroom´s stipe is a cheap by-product that is rich in nutrients for human nutrition. The purpose of this study is to compare the nutritional value of cap and stipe of button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). The caps were separated from the stipes after harvesting and parameters s...

© 2011 VÚP Food Research Institute, Bratislava 167 Edible mushrooms are widely consumed in many parts of the world owing to their characteristic taste, aroma and nutritional relevance. Edible mushrooms are valuable components of diet and their culinary and commercial values are mainly due to their organoleptic properties such as texture and flavour [1, 2]. They also are excellent source of seve...

BACKGROUND Mushroom polysaccharides have traditionally been used for the prevention and treatment of a multitude of disorders like infectious illnesses, cancers and various autoimmune diseases. Crude mushroom extracts have been tested without detailed chemical analyses of its polysaccharide content. For the present study we decided to chemically determine the carbohydrate composition of semi-pu...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although molds are regarded as the main fungal allergen sources, evidence indicates that spores of Basidiomycota including Agaricus bisporus (A. bisporus) can be also found at high concentrations in the environment and may cause as many respiratory allergies as molds. The aim of the present study was to evaluate specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) a...

Tyrosinase catalyzes the conversion of tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine quinone, which is the main precursor for the biosynthesis of melanin. The enzyme from Agaricus bisporus, the common button mushroom, was purified and crystallized in two different space groups. Crystals belonging to space group P2(1) (unit-cell parameters a = 104.2, b = 105.0, c = 119.1 Å, β = 110.6°, four molecules per a...