Fungal Genomics & Biology
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-8056
ISSN: 2165-8056
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Article
Nutritional Profile Study of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) at
Different Storage Conditions
Author(s): Mohammad Azizur Rahman*, Mirza Arif, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Akter Jahan Kakon and Ferdaus Ahmed
Mushrooms, the edible macro fungi, have been serving the humanity through nutritional and medicinal supports. Recently, mushrooms have been gaining popularity to the Bangladeshi consumers. Diabetic, cardiac, cancer and hypercholesterolemic patients have been noticed to search for mushrooms of various types in different chain stores, shopping malls and in drug stores. As Bangladesh is a tropical country and most of the mushroom species grow at lower temperature, mushrooms grown during winter can hardly meet the ever increasing consumer demand in this country. Thus, search for sustainable development of storage techniques for the mushrooms grown in winter season to meet the demand of the mushroom consumers all the year round has reached momentum. Thus, the present study had been aimed at developing an eco-friendly, easy-to-reach and utilize as well as less expensive mushroom storage tec.. View More»
DOI:
10.35841/2165-8056.22.12.200