Cancer prevention studies were conducted with VPS, a hot water extract of the Coriolus versicolor (CV) mushroom, in female Swiss mice. The extract was administered in the diet for life to the animals. Three groups of mice received the following treatments: a). 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride (1,2-DMH) was administered as 10 weekly subcutaneous injections of 20 microg/g body weight, starti...

It is reported that chlorogenic acid is widely distributed in plants (7) and is the principle polyphenol in tobacco leaves (8). When the tissues of the tobacco plant are injured, the polyphenols are oxidized and then polymerize, forming a brown pigment. This oxidation is reported to be catalyzed by polyphenol oxidase. Polyphenol oxidase has been identified in many species of plants and the enzy...

Cinnamomum osmophloeum Kanehira belongs to the Lauraceae family of Taiwan's endemic plants. In this study, C. osmophloeum Kanehira extract has shown inhibition of tyrosinase activity on B16-F10 cellular system first. Whether extracts inhibited mushroom tyrosinase activity was tested, and a considerable inhibition of mushroom tyrosinase activity by in vitro assays was presented. Animal experimen...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of dietary supplements in patients with early stage prostate cancers who are managed expectantly. METHODS Seventy-four patients with early prostate cancer, who were treated with expectant management, enrolled in the study. A mushroom mycelium extract was given at a dose of 4.5 g/day for 6 months. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients i...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the IgE-mediated pathogenesis of severe asthma presented by a patient only after handling shiitake (Lentinus edodes) mushrooms (SM). MATERIAL AND METHODS Skin tests were performed using in-house extracts from mushrooms that the patient usually handled, i.e., shiitake, porcini, oyster and black fungus mushroom varieties. Specific IgE to champ...

Metacordyceps yongmunensis is a newly reported species from Korea, which is very similar to Cordyceps species in morphological characters. It grows on large lepidopteran pupa, and numerous white stromata grow on a single host. Mycelial growth characteristics of M. yongmunensis isolates were studied in different media and at different temperatures. Also, different carbon sources, nitrogen source...

A study was conducted to evaluate the combined effects of garlic, oyster mushroom and propolis extract on the growth performance, organ weights, antibody response to Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), serum lipid concentrations and nutrient digestibility of male broilers. A total of 192 day old chicks (Ross 308) were randomly assigned to 3 treatments with 4 replications (16 birds per replication). ...

A very well-known and appreciated mushroom, Agrocybe aegerita (Brig.) Sing, was the subject of chemical profiling, antioxidant assays and sensory evaluation test in cream cheese. Methanolic extract obtained from a wild sample of A. aegerita fruiting body was fully chemically identified. Sample was found to be rich in carbohydrates (84.51 g/100 g dw), ash and proteins (6.69 g/100 g dw and 6.68 g...

Herbal nanoparticles gain lot of attention because of their pharmaceutical importance. The present study reports the eco-friendly synthesis, characterization and their tyrosinase activity of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using aqueous extract of Bidens frondosa. The appearance of brown color indicated the formation of B. frondosa AgNPs. The Formation of AgNPs was confirmed by UV–Vis spectroscopy...

The aim of this study was to obtain preliminary results on the antibacterial activity of edible mushroom Laetiporus sulphureus. Since ethanolic extract of the mushroom was already established to possess good antimicrobial activity, herein we report the antibacterial activity of methanolic extracts out of three different localities. Four Gram-negative and four Grampositive bacterial strains, whi...