Mushrooms Oyster

Oyster mushroom, ring mushroom (Stropharia rugosoannulata)... 

Artichoke, squash, yam, celeric, fennel bulb, okra, oyster mushrooms... 

Bohman B, Unelius CR (2009) Synthesis of all four stereoisomers of 5-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-heptanone using plants and oyster mushrooms. Tetrahedron 65 8697-8701... 

B16. Bobek, P., Ozdin, L., and Galbavy, S., Dose- and time-dependent hypocholesterolemic effect of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) in rats. Nutrition 14, 282-286 (1998). 

Homer WE, Ibanez MD, Liengswangwong V, Salvaggio JE, Lehrer SB Characterization of allergens from spores of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1988 82 978-986. 

The relative ratios of alcohols and carbonyls for the six-, eight- and nine-carbon volatiles in fish (23-24) and oysters (26) parallel those encountered in cucumber fruits (37) and mushrooms (27, 56) if the two systems are combined. Therefore, the use of plant-based enzyme systems for the controlled generation of fresh seafood flavors and aromas has been under consideration in our laboratory as a means to overcome some of the self-inactivating problems associated with fish lipoxygenases. 

Mascerated mushroom Masked fishiness Oyster-like Cg Alcohols/ketones... 

When mushroom homogenates were incubated with surimi, enhanced plant-like aromas somewhat reminiscent of oysters were produced, and this treatment also resulted In the masking of some of the fish-like aromas of the surimi. Cucumber homogenates developed strong cucumber, cardboard-like aromas which appear to be contributed principally by 2-nonenal and 2,6-nonadienal. As a result, the cucumber homogenates caused undesirable and unbalanced aromas that did not suppress unpleasant fishiness. Watermelon fruit extracts behaved similarly, and also provided unbalanced sweet aromas to surimi. Tests to date have been limited to short-term incubations of crude enzyme preparations with surimi. Further exploration of more purified and controlled plant-based flavor-generating enzyme systems for the production of fresh seafood-like aromas, and especially those for the eight-carbon volatile aroma compounds, appear warrented. 

PCBs, dioxin, lindane, DDT, etc.) because of its ability to produce hydroxyl radicals. Oyster mushroom farmers may therefore have a potential by-product in used growth substrate, which can be mixed into contaminated soil to aid degradation of the contaminant. 

The reverse activity is also found in nature, where there are cytotoxic lectins, with no ribosome-inactivating activity an example is the lectin from the plant Chdoido-nium majus [25]. Fungi produce several cytotoxic lectins, including the 81 kDa protein from Pleurotus ostreatus (the oyster mushroom) that displays potent activity in mice against both sarcomas and hepatomas [26], and the 32 kDa lectin from the... 

Wang, H., Gao, J., Ng, T. B. A new lectin with highly potent antihepatoma and antisarcoma activities from the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 

Pleurostrin, an antifungal 7 kDa peptide isolated from fresh fruiting bodies of the oyster mushroom, with inhibitory activity on... 

Ratcliffee, B. et al. Tyrosinase, laccase and peroxidase in mushrooms (Agaricus, crimini, oyster, and... 

NATURAL RESOURCES Chitin is a biopolymer found in crustaceans shells (crab, shrimp, prawn, lobster) in some mollusks (krill, oyster, clam shells, squid skeleton). It is also found in fungi (mushrooms, yeast) and in various insects (cockroaches, silkworms, spiders, beetles). 

Chou et al. (1998) Chua et al. (1998) Singapore Agricultural and marine products (mushrooms, fruits, sea-cucumber, and oysters)... 

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