This study was conducted in order to perform efficient extraction of lignocellulolytic enzymes amylase (EC 3.2.1.1), cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4), laccase (EC 1.10.3.2), and xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) from spent mushroom compost (SMC) of Pleurotus ostreatus, P. eryngii, and P. cornucopiae. Optimal enzyme recovery was achieved when SMCs were extracted with 50 mM sodium citrate (pH 4.5) buffer at 4℃ for 2 h...

Abstract The effects of a naturally occurring Patagonian strain the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus on Araucaria araucana wood lignans was evaluated. Lignans colonized and non-colonized shavings activity fungal ligninolytic enzymes were studied. identified using gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detector. Only eudesmin lignan resisted biological degradation. highest laccase 0.111 ±...

Bioremediation techniques are being developed as substitutes for physical–chemical methodologies that expensive and not sustainable. For example, using the agricultural waste spent mushroom substrate (SMS) which contains valuable microbiota soil bioremediation. In this work, SMSs of four cultivated fungal species, Pleurotus eryngii, Lentinula edodes, ostreatus, Agaricus bisporus were evaluated ...

Orngu Africa and Ifeoma Elizabeth Mbaeyi-Nwaoha Composite flours were processed from blends of yellow maize (Zea mays), sesame seed (Sesamum indicum) oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) powder in the ratio 80:20:0; 75:20:5; 70:20:10; 65:20:15 60:20:20, respectively to produce breakfast cereal

Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus on different substrates such as rice straw, rice straw + wheat straw, rice straw+ paper, sugarcane bagasse and sawdust of alder was investigated. All the substrates except rice straw were supplemented with 10% rice bran. The substrate without supplement was considered as control. The effects of various substrates on mycelial growth, colonization time, primordi...

Substrate to grow Pleurotus ostreatus must be pasteurized in order to be used for commercial production of Oyster mushrooms. The pasteurizing treatment normally involves steam application during a variable time/temperature procedure. In this research we studied an alternative treatment by forming a substrate compost pile with sufficient size and moisture to generate the necessary heat for paste...

BACKGROUND The use of natural bioactive compounds in conventional chemotherapy is a new direction in cancer treatment that is gaining more research attention recently. Bioactive polysaccharides and polysaccharide-protein complexes from some fungi (edible mushrooms) have been identified as sources of effective and non-toxic antineoplastic agents. Selected oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND In serious consideration of the worldwide environmental issues associated with the extensive use of the textile dyes and effluents generated thereof, the scientists across the world are in search for potential treatment technologies for their treatment. In such scenario the ligninolytic enzymes provide a potential alternative because they are cost effective, eco-friendl...