Button mushroom

Grube BJ, Eng ET, Yeh CK, Kwon A and Shiuan C. 2001. White button mushroom phytochemicals inhibit aromatase activity and breast cancer cell proliferation. J Nutr 13 3288-3293. 

Besides respiratory allergies with hay-fever-like symptoms and asthma in atopic individuals, continuous occupational basidiospore exposure may result in hypersensitivity pneumonitis or extrinsic allergic alveolitis. The basidiomycetes Lentinus edodes, Pleurotus ostreatus, and Merulius lacrymans have all been shown to cause hypersensitivity pneumonitis from occupational exposure [26-28]. Actinomycetes in the compost used to grow button mushroom... 

Other Uses. Rapeseed or canola meal has been used as a fermentation substrate. It has been included as an additive in compost for commercial button mushroom Agaricus bisporus) production with good success (32). Canola meal has also been tested as a substrate for xylanase production by Trichoderma reesei. Results from this work indicate that the hydrolysis of canola meal by this enzyme system might be useful in converting this material to fermentable sugars that could be further processed to expensive end products such as solvents and chemicals (33). 

Lentinus edodes can cause an interstitial hypersensitivity pneumonitis called mushroom worker s lung, associated with IgG antibodies against shiitake spore antigens those who cultivate white button mushrooms Agaricus... 

The common button mushroom is the mainstay of the mushroom growing industry in this country. 

In 1956, Karl Freudenberg at the University of Fleidel-berg had already succeeded in using an enzyme (phe-nol-oxidoreductase) from button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) to simulate the oligomerisation of coniferyl alcohol and thereby the biosynthesis of lignin. [141]... 

Mushroom Fruity, earthy aroma associated with fresh button mushrooms... 

Truffle Sulphury aroma associated with aged button mushrooms and truffles... 

In terms of functional food, some beneficial mushroom characteristics can be enhanced by the addition of essential elements. Selenium-enriched button mushrooms, shiitake, or oyster mushrooms naturally are preventive to a spectrum of diseases. Selenium is vital for normal functioning of the body and for protection of DNA, proteins, and lip-... 

Jeong, S.C., Jeong, Y.T., Yang, B.K., Islam, R., Koyyalamudi, S.R., Pang, G., Cho, K.Y., et al. 2010. White button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) lowers blood glucose and cholesterol levels in diabetie and hypercholesterolemic rats. Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.), 30(1), 49-56. 

Shao, S., Hernandez, M., Kramer, J.K.G., Rinker, D.L., and Tsao, R. 2010. Ergosterol profiles, fatty acid composition, and antioxidant activities of button mushrooms as affected by tissue part and developmental stage. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 58(22), 11616-25. 

Wu, D., Pae, M., Ren, Z., Guo, Z., Smith, D., and Meydani, S.N. 2007. Dietary Supplementation with White Button Mushroom Enhanees Natural Killer Cell Activity in C57BL/6 Mice. J. Nutr., 137(6), 1472-1477. 

Giri, S. K., Prasad, S., 2006. Modelling shrinkage and density changes during microwave-vacuum drying of button mushroom. Int. J. Food Properties 9 ... 

Koyyalamudi SR, Jeong S-C, Cho KY, Pang G. Vitamin B12 is the active corrinoid produced in cultivated white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus). J Agri Food Chem 2009 57 6327-33. 

The concentration of vitamin D2 in cultivated mushrooms increases if they are exposed to sunlight or artificial UV-B (315-280 nm) or UV-C (280-100 nm) light. After exposure to a UV-B Hght, the concentration ofvitamin D2 in shiitake mushrooms was increased to 36.7, 68.6 and 106 mg/kg for the pileus, middle, and giU parts, respectively. The concentrations of vitamin D2 produced in white button mushrooms after exposure to UV-C irradiation were 40.6-141 mg/kg, depending on irradiation doses and time of irradiation. 

Ko J.A., Lee B.H., Lee J.S., Park H.J. Effect of UV-B exposure on the concentration of vitamin (I2 in sliced shiitake mushroom Lentinus edodes) and white button mushroom Agaricus bisporus). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 56 3671-3674 (2008). 

Koyyalamudi S.R., Jeong S.-C., Song C.-H., Cho K.Y., Pang G. Vitamin Dj formation and bioavaUabHity from Agaricus bisporus button mushrooms treated with ultraviolet irradiation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 3351-3355 (2009). 

Taghizadeh, M. et al (2010) Use of hyperspectral imaging for evaluation of the shelf-life of fresh white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) stored in different packaging films. Innovative Food Sci. Emerg. Technol, 11 (3), 423-431. 

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