Bioprospects of Macrofungi (eBook, ePUB)

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Redaktion: Deshmukh, Sunil Kumar; El Enshasy, Hesham Ali; Sridhar, Kandikere Ramaiah

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Macrofungi are an important part of the ecosystem, just as are plants, animals and other microbes. They provide valuable nutrients, medicinal components, metabolites and biocomposites. Their wide distribution in different habitats is the repository of gene pools that support life on the earth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000996173
• Artikelnr.: 68566096

Autorenporträt

Sunil Kumar Deshmukh is Scientific Advisor to Greenvention Biotech, Uruli-Kanchan, Pune, India and Agpharm Bioinnovations LLP, Patiala, Punjab, India. A veteran industrial mycologist, he has spent a substantial part of his career in drug discovery at Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited [now Sanofi India Ltd.], Mumbai, and Piramal Enterprises Limited, Mumbai. He has also served TERI-Deaken Nano Biotechnology Centre, TERI, New Delhi, and as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University, Australia. He has to his credit 8 patents, 145 publications, and 18 books on various aspects of fungi and natural products of microbial origin. He is a president of the Association of Fungal Biologists (AFB) and a past president of the Mycological Society of India (MSI). Dr. Deshmukh is an Associate Editor of the Frontiers in Microbiology series and editor of Progress in Mycological Research published by CRC press. Dr. Deshmukh serves as a referee for more than 20 national and international journals. He has approximately four decades of research experience in getting bioactives from fungi and keratinophilic fungi. Kandikere R. Sridhar is an adjunct faculty member at Mangalore University, India. His primary area of study is aquatic fungi in fresh and marine waters. He has research collaborations in the USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Portugal. He was president of the Mycological Society of India (2018), a distinguished Asian Mycologist (2015) and one of the world's top 2% scientists in the field of mycology (2019-21). He has published over 500 research articles and edited 10 books. He is on the editorial board of several national and international journals and reviewed over 150 research papers. Hesham Ali El Enshasy (Dr. rer. Nat.; M.Sc., M.Sc.) is the current Director of the Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), and professor in bioprocess engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Since 2020, he is recognized as one of the top 2% of researchers in the world in the field of Biotechnology, according to Stanford University research study for both career and single-year lists. Prof. El Enshasy received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Microbiology (Ain Shams University, Egypt), Dr. rer. Nat. in Industrial Biotechnology (TU Braunschweig, Germany 1998), M.Sc. Technology Management (UTM, Malaysia). He has more than 350 publications in the form of peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters, and books. He has been invited as a keynote, plenary, and guest speaker at more than 100 international conferences in the field of industrial biotechnology and BioEconomy. He serves as editor, associate editor, and editorial board member for several reputed journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. CULTIVATION. Advances in Cultivation of Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms
in Japan. Cultivation of Mushrooms in Submerged Culture for Production of
Bioactive Compounds Production. Spent Mushroom Substrate: Perspectives and
Applications. BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS. Bioactive Compounds and Medicinal Value
of the Rare Mushroom Agaricus blazei. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant
Properties of Cultivated Macrofungi: Extraction and Characterization.
Bioactive Compounds from Macrofungi and their Potential Applications. On
the Secondary Metabolites and Biological Activities of Bird's Nest Fungi.
Irpex lacteus - A Less Explored Source of Bioactive Metabolites.
Laetiporus sulphureus: A Rich Source of Diverse Bioactive Metabolites.
BIOCOMPOSITES. Experimental Analysis of the Mechanics of Mycelium-Based
Biocomposites. Fungi-Derived Composite Nanopapers. NUTRACEUTICALS.
Nutraceutical Profile of Four Wild Edible Mushrooms of the Western Ghats.
Medicinal Mushrooms as Nutritional Management for Post COVID-19 syndromes.
Health Benefits of Mushrooms on Obesity and Chronic Diseases. Functional
Role of Macrofungi as Prebiotics and Health Perspectives. INTERACTION WITH
FAUNA. Cordyceps Militaris and its Applications. BIOFERTILIZERS AND
BIOCONTROL. Ectomycorrhizal Fungi as Biofertilizers. Edible Mushroom
Bioproducts for Controlling Parasitic Nematodes. Mushroom Products in
Malaysia.