Biological quality of proteins from three strains of Pleurotus spp.

Volatile composition and nutritional quality of the edible mushroom Polyporus tenuiculus grown on different agro‐industrial waste

“…The same effect was observed in species of the genus Pleurotus showing varied nutritional values according to strain, growth substrate and fruiting body stage of development (Shashirekha et al. , 2005; Valencia del Toro et al. , 2006; Silva et al.…”

Physiochemical analysis and centesimal composition of Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom grown in residues from the Amazon

“…The results found were similar to the ones presented in the different A. blazei strains: 6.99 to 7.89% (SHIBATA; DEMIATE, 2003). On the other hand, they were higher than the values reported by Toro et al (2006), when they worked with several species of Pleurotus grown in commercial substrate and obtained variation of 3.60 to 4.42% of ash. The values found were also higher than the ash content presented in P. tuber-regium (AKINDAHUNSI; OYETAYO, 2006), with 2.6 to 4.0% for stipe and pileus, respectively; and L. edodes (ANDRADE; MINHONI; ZIED, 2008), grown in different species of Eucalyptus, with variation from 2 to 5%.…”

“…They were also lower than the results found by Banik and Nandi (2004), who used wheat straw + manure from animal feces (7.97-13.94% of lipid), and Furlani (2004) and Toro et al (2006), who found variations from 2.46 to 5.8% and from 4.58 to 5.19% of lipids contents.…”

“…The values presented hereby are also higher than the percentages presented by Silva, Costa and Clemente (2002), Bonatti et al (2004), Sapata (2005) and Toro et al (2006), who worked with several Pleurotus species and obtained large variations in fibers content in their studies (4 to 9 %; 7.60 to 9.86%, 7.3-23.5%; 11 to 11.9%, respectively). They are still higher than the results found in Agaricus blazei (OLIVEIRA et al, 1999;SHIBATA;DEMIATE, 2003), with 9.28 to 10.13 and 14.57% for the respective studies.…”

Nutritional Value and Health Benefits of Mushrooms

“…Pleurotus is one of the main genera of edible mushroom with commercial value, and the biological value of the protein in some of the new strains and cultivated species of this edible mushroom has recently been reported (Wong, 2003;Valencia del Toro et al, 2006).…”