News tagged with shiitake mushrooms
US shiitake market mushrooming
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Shiitake mushrooms are the third most popular mushroom species in the U.S. In addition to taste, shiitake have a multitude of health benefits. Low in calories, glucose and sodium, shiitake are high in potassium, phosphorus, ...
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Shiitake-sesame vinaigrette recalled
Feb 12, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Annie's Naturals-brand shiitake and sesame vinaigrette due to a labeling error.
Green tea and mushrooms cut breast cancer risk: study
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Chinese women who ate mushrooms and drank green tea significantly cut their risk of breast cancer and the severity of the cancer in those who did develop it, an Australian researcher said Wednesday.
Button mushrooms contain as much anti-oxidants as expensive ones
Feb 06, 2008 |
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The humble white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) has as much, and in some cases, more anti-oxidant properties than more expensive varieties.
Seven new luminescent mushroom species discovered
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Seven new glow-in-the-dark mushroom species have been discovered, increasing the number of known luminescent fungi species from 64 to 71. Reported today in the journal Mycologia, the new finds include two ne ...
Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Mushrooms might serve as biofactories for the production of various beneficial human drugs, according to plant pathologists who have inserted new genes into mushrooms.
Mushrooms as good an antioxidant source as more colorful veggies
Jun 26, 2006 |
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Portabella and crimini mushrooms rank with carrots, green beans, red peppers and broccoli as good sources of dietary antioxidants, Penn State researchers say.
Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others
Oct 30, 2009 |
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A research team from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has analysed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and has found that the levels ...
Fungi May Hold Key to Reducing Grapefruit Juice Interactions with Medications
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A fungus may help solve a problem of a grapefruit compound that interacts negatively with certain prescription drugs, according to studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
Genetic technology reveals how poisonous mushrooms cook up toxins
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Nov 12, 2007 |
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Heather Hallen spent eight years looking for poison in all the wrong places. Alpha-amanitin is the poison of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides. The Michigan State University plant biology research associate was looking ...
Decoding mushroom's secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels, safer soils
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Jul 17, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Warwick are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World’s most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation ...
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