Abstract Calvatia is a genus of gasteroid fungi, comprising about 47 species worldwide. In this paper we report the second worldwide occurrence of two poorly known species of Calvatia, recorded in the Cerrado biome of Brazil: C. oblongispora and C. nodulata. Detailed morphological descriptions and illust...
En Guatemala, la pobreza y desnutrición son problemáticas recurrentes que dificultan alcanzar la seguridad alimen-taria. Con el objetivo de promover el consumo de hongos comestibles como opción nutritiva para las comunidades más vulnerables, se evaluó la aceptabilidad de los atributos de sabor, olor...
Lentinula,
Pleurotus,
Harina/análisis,
Plantas Comestibles,
Pastas Alimenticias,
Proteínas de Plantas/análisis,
Valor Nutritivo,
Análisis de los Alimentos/métodos,
Alimentos Fortificados/normas,
Población Rural,
Guatemala,
Agaricales
Este trabalho tem por objetivo realizar uma pesquisa visando a fundamentação científica dos superalimentos. Embora não existam diretrizes oficiais para o que constitui um "superalimento", geralmente está denominação se aplica a produtos alimentícios que contêm grandes quantidades de nutrientes e...
Alimentos Funcionales,
Dieta Saludable,
Valor Nutritivo,
Frutas,
Agaricales,
Huevos,
Fabaceae,
Lino,
Persea,
Cacao,
Solanum lycopersicum
Cadmium (Cd) is one of the major toxicants, which affects human health through occupational and environmental exposure. In the current study, we evaluated the protective effects of morel mushrooms against Cd-induced reproductive damages in rats. For this purpose, 30 male rats were divided into 6 groups (...
Abstract Phellinus mushrooms have been traditionally used for various medicinal purposes. Protocatechuic acid, which was previously reported to be a component in some Phellinus mushrooms, has some pharmacological effects. This study aimed to validate a HPLC method for the quantitative analysis of the pro...
El género Cyttaria pertenece a la familia Cyttariaceae y sus especies son parásitos obligados de árboles del género Nothofagus. Se distribuye naturalmente en el hemisferio sur, encontrándose siete especies de Cyttaria presentes en nuestro país: C. berteroi, C. darwinii, C. espinosae, C. hariotii, C...
The cocoa and palm oil agro-industries active in the state of Bahia, Brazil, generate high quantities of lignocellulosic wastes that could be recycled through their use in the formulation of substrates to cultivate edible mushrooms. Pleurotus ostreatus, also known as oyster mushroom, is the second most c...
Lignosus rhinocerotis (tiger milk mushroom) is widely used by the indigenous people of Malaysia as a traditional remedy. The present study was carried out in order to evaluate the antioxidant, cytotoxic and anti-neuroinflammatory activities of L. rhinocerotis extract on brain microglial cells (BV2). The ...
En esta Parte 4 de la serie de cuatro artículos sobre micetismos se analizan los síndromes que se caracterizan por presentar un período de latencia muy corto, con la aparición de síntomas complejos en menos de 6 horas después de la ingestión de los macromicetos. Se discuten los siguientes micetism...
