Edible and medicinal mushrooms: cultivation technology, biochemical characterisation and protection effects of Agaricus blazei Murrill (sun mushroom) and Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler (shiitake) mushrooms

• Grant number: 98/07726-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: March 01, 1999
• End date: June 30, 2003
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy
• Principal Investigator: Augusto Ferreira da Eira
• Grantee: Augusto Ferreira da Eira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: João Lauro Viana de Camargo
• Associated scholarship(s): 99/04950-4 - Edible and medicinal mushrooms: cultivation technology, biochemical characterisation and protection effects of Agaricus blazei Murrill (cogumelo-do-sol) and Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler (shiitake) mushrooms, BP.TT

Abstract

It will be studied the medical (radiotherapy, immunemodulation, antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic action), phytopatological (biochemical resistance induction of diseases on plants) and cultivation techniques of Agaricus blazei (sun mushroom) and Lentinula edodes (shiitake) mushrooms. Native strains from São Paulo State, Brazil, will be tested in relation to mushroom productivity, cultivation, biotechnology, environment and substract variables that could affect the protection properties of mushrooms in plants and animals. The most productive strain will be biochemically identified and tested in order to find possible medical and phytopathological applications. In a second phase the mushroom extracts will be fractioned, purified and tested in rodents to determine the active principle involved in radioreaction modifications, chemical-protection (antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic effects), tumor regression, immunological system changes (immunomodulation). At the same time it will be tested cultivation and post-crop technologies aiming the production cost reduction and nutriceutical quality improvement on mushrooms. The confirmation of the nutriceutical effect will give a new market view to the informality of this commerce. The nutriceutical use of edible mushrooms promotes benefits as disease prevention/therapy and makes viable the commerce of dry products with low perishing and high concentrated worth. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BARBISAN‚ L.F.; SPINARDI-BARBISAN‚ A.L.T.; MOREIRA‚ E.L.T.; SALVADORI‚ D.M.F.; RIBEIRO‚ L.R.; EIRA‚ A.F.; CAMARGO‚ J.L.V.. Agaricus blazei (Himematsutake) does not alter the development of rat diethylnitrosamine-initiated hepatic preneoplastic foci. Cancer Science, v. 94, n. 2, p. 188-192, 2003. (98/07726-5)

ELVIO CARDOSO QUEIROZ; REGINA HELENA MARINO; AUGUSTO FERREIRA DA EIRA. Suplementação mineral e produtividade de cogumelo Shiitake em toros de eucalipto. Scientia Agricola, v. 61, n. 3, p. 260-265, 2004-06-00. (98/07726-5)

FERREIRA DA SILVA PINTO, ANDREA VANESSA; MARTINS, PRISCILA RAQUEL; ROMAGNOLI, GRAZIELA GORETE; CAMPANELLI, ANA PAULA; TEREZAN, ANA PAULA; RODRIGUES FILHO, EDSON; DA EIRA, AUGUSTO FERREIRA; KANENO, RAMON. Polysaccharide fraction of Agaricus brasiliensis avoids tumor-induced IL-10 production and changes the microenvironment of subcutaneous Ehrlich adenocarcinoma. Cellular Immunology, v. 256, n. 1-2, p. 27-38, 2009. (98/07726-5)

RENATO MAMEDE DE CASTRO MONTINI; JOSÉ RAIMUNDO DE SOUZA PASSOS; AUGUSTO FERREIRA DA EIRA. Monitoramento digital do crescimento e vigor do shiitake (Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler) em meio de cultura. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 37, n. 1, p. 90-95, 2006-03-00. (98/07726-5)

RIBEIRO-SANTOS, GIOVANNA; BARBISAN, LUIS FERNANDO; LOPES, FABIANE CATANHO; TOZZI SPINARDI-BARBISAN, ANA LUCIA; DA EIRA, AUGUSTO FERREIRA; KANENO, RAMON. Lack of Chemopreventive Activity of Agaricus blazei Mushroom on the Development of 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine-Induced Colonic Aberrant Crypt Foci in Rats. NUTRITION AND CANCER-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, v. 60, n. 6, p. 768-775, 2008. (98/07726-5)

MARTINS, PRISCILA RAQUEL; GAMEIRO, MARIA CAROLINA; CASTOLDI, LINDSEY; ROMAGNOLI, GRAZIELA GORETE; LOPES, FABIANE CATANHO; PINTO, ANDREA VANESSA FERREIRA DA SILVA; LOYOLA, WAGNER; KANENO, RAMON. Polysaccharide-rich fraction of Agaricus brasiliensis enhances the candidacidal activity of murine macrophages. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 103, n. 3, p. 244-250, MAY 2008. (98/07726-5)