Effects of cultivation techniques and processing on antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of hericium erinaceus (Bull.:Fr.) pers. extracts

• Main Authors: Wong, K.H., Sabaratnam, V., Abdullah, N., Kuppusamy, U.R., Naidu, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8185/1/47-1-8.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8185/; http://www.ftb.pbf.hr/import/47-1-8.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Hericium erinaceus, a temperate mushroom, is currently cultivated in Malaysia. As cultivation and processing conditions may affect the medicinal properties, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of locally grown H. erinaceus have been investigated. The fruitbodies that were fresh, oven-dried or f...