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Pleurotus mushrooms. II. Chemical composition, nutritional value, post-harvest physiology, preservation and role as human food

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Title Pleurotus mushrooms. II. Chemical composition, nutritional value, post-harvest physiology, preservation and role as human food
 
Creator Bano, Z.
Rajarathnam, S.
 
Subject 03 Mushroom
16 Nutritive value
 
Description The topic is reviewed under the following headings: chemical composition of fruit bodies (moisture, carbohydrates, proteins + free amino acids, lipids, minerals, vitamins, nucleic acids, organic acids, flavour constituents); composition of the mycelium; evaluation of nutritional value; postharvest physiology; preservation (storage of fresh mushrooms, freezing preservation, storage of pickle preparation, dehydration, canning, processing of Pleurotus stipes); and role of mushrooms as human food (contribution to human nutrition, as a slimming food, cost of mushroom protein, bioconversion efficiency, potentiality for production and consumption in different parts of the world, future of Pleurotus). [See FSTA (1988) 20 8J129 for part 1B.]
 
Date 1988
 
Type Article
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Identifier Bano, Z. and Rajarathnam, S. (1988) Pleurotus mushrooms. II. Chemical composition, nutritional value, post-harvest physiology, preservation and role as human food. CRC Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 27 (2). pp. 87-158. ISSN 0099-0248