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Maitake, Hen of the Woods · 2006 · Patent

Medium relevance

Health promoting dairy and food products containing mushroom glucan produced through fermentation of Grifola frondosa

Grifola frondosa

Immune supportMetabolic health
SpeciesMaitake, Hen of the Woods
JournalNot listed
Year2006

Key points

  • The present invention deals with the production of food products with a health promoting effect, namely immune modulation in general, and lowering and/or stabilizing blood sugar levels
  • The food products concerned comprise polysaccharides from edible or medicinal mushrooms
  • These are produced through fermentation instead of conventional cultivation of mushrooms
  • Fermentation process can be done either in submerged cultures or in solid-state culture

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Abstract

The present invention deals with the production of food products with a health promoting effect, namely immune modulation in general, and lowering and/or stabilizing blood sugar levels. The food products concerned comprise polysaccharides from edible or medicinal mushrooms. These are produced through fermentation instead of conventional cultivation of mushrooms. Fermentation process can be done either in submerged cultures or in solid-state culture.

Citation

Zhu Yang, Sonnenberg Antonius Silvester Maria, Van Loo Eibertus Nicolaas (2006). Health promoting dairy and food products containing mushroom glucan produced through fermentation of Grifola frondosa.

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