Mushrooms as functional foods
By: Peter C.K. Cheung.
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470054062
Subjects: Mushrooms -- Therapeutic use; Functional foods; Agaricales -- chemistry; Food Analysis; Food Technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of mushroom cultivation and utilization as functional foods; title: Molecular analysis & genomic studies of the shiitake mushroom Lentinula edodes; title: Nutritional value and health benefits of mushrooms; title: Sclerotia : an emerging functional food derived from mushrooms; title: Antitumor and immunomodulatory activities of mushroom polysaccharides; title: Regulatory issues of mushrooms as functional foods and dietary supplements : safety and efficacy.