Biotechnological Applications of Mushrooms under the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Crucial Aspects and Prospects from Farm to Pharmacy

Llanaj, Xhensila; Törős, Gréta; Hajdú, Péter; Abdalla, Neama; El-Ramady, Hassan; Kiss, Attila; Solberg, Svein Øivind; Prokisch, József

doi:10.3390/foods12142671

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“…The vitamin B1, B2, B3 and B12 contents of Pleurotus ostreatus reported in this study was higher than the values reported by Majesty et al ( 2 ) as 0.10 mg, 0.57 mg, 0.40 mg and 0.16 mg, respectively, and lower than 0.91 mg of vitamin B6. The rich vitamin B content of Pleurotus ostreatus enables it function in boosting the immune system, enhancing DNA synthesis ( 73 ) and improve red blood cells production, making it very suitable to be consumed by pregnant women, menstruating females and anaemic patients ( 74 ).…”

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Assessing the nutritional quality of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom)

Effiong,

Umeokwochi,

Afolabi

et al. 2024

Front. Nutr.

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There is a huge gap between food production and the exploding population demands in various parts of the world, especially developing countries. This increases the chances of malnutrition, leading to increased disease incidence and the need for functional foods to reduce mortality. Pleurotus ostreatus are edible mushrooms that are cheaply sourced and rich in nutrient with the potential to be harnessed toward addressing the present and future food crisis while serving as functional foods for disease prevention and treatment. This study evaluated the nutritional, proximate, vitamins and amino acids contents of Pleurotus ostreatus. The proximate composition of Pleurotus ostreatus in this study revealed that it contains 43.42% carbohydrate, 23.63% crude fiber, 17.06% crude protein, 8.22% ash, 1.21% lipid and a moisture content of 91.01 and 6.46% for fresh and dry samples of Pleurotus ostreatus, respectively. The monosaccharide and disaccharide profile of Pleurotus ostreatus revealed the presence of glucose (55.08 g/100 g), xylose (7.19 g/100 g), fructose (19.70 g/100 g), galactose (17.47 g/100 g), trehalose (7.37 g/100 g), chitobiose (11.79 g/100 g), maltose (29.21 g/100 g), sucrose (51.60 g/100 g) and lower amounts of cellobiose (0.01 g/100 g), erythrose (0.48 g/100 g) and other unidentified sugars. Potassium, Iron and Magnesium were the highest minerals present with 12.25 mg, 9.66 mg and 7.00 mg amounts, respectively. The vitamin profile revealed the presence of vitamin A (2.93 IU/100 g), C (16.46 mg/100 g), E (21.50 mg/100 g) and B vitamins with vitamin B2 having the highest concentration of 92.97 mg/kg. The amino acid scores showed that Pleurotus ostreatus had more non-essential amino acids (564.17 mg/100 g) than essential amino acids (67.83 mg/100 g) with a ratio of 0.11. Lysine (23.18 mg/100 g) was the highest essential amino acid while aspartic acid (492.12 mg/kg) was the highest non-essential amino acid present in Pleurotus ostreatus. It had a higher concentration of acidic amino acids, 492.12 mg/100 g (77.87%), followed by neutral amino acids, 106.66 mg/100 g (16.88%) and least were the basic amino acids, 23.18 mg/100 g (3.67%). Based on the nutritional assessment of the Pleurotus ostreatus analyzed in this study, it can be concluded that it can serve as an important functional food source that can be exploited to meet the increasing food demands and reduce micronutrient deficiencies in many parts of the world, especially developing countries.

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Assessing the nutritional quality of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom)

Effiong,

Umeokwochi,

Afolabi

et al. 2024

Front. Nutr.

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“…This nexus has a very close relation to global climate change [131], the sustainable use of these resources [132], the sustainability of desalination [133], the ecosystem [134], and rainwater harvesting in arid zones [135]. This WEF nexus has a very closed relationship among all its components (water, energy, and food), which the factors of each component depend on each other, as well as it is impossible to secure any resource (e.g., food) without securing the others (i.e., water and energy) and vice versa [129,136].…”

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Biotechnology of Nanofiber in Water, Energy, and Food Sectors

Prokisch,

Sári,

Muthu

et al. 2023

Agronomy

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Natural resources including water, energy, and food have an increase in demand due to the global population increases. The sustainable management of these resources is an urgent global issue. These resources combined in a very vital nexus are called the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The field of nanotechnology offers promising solutions to overcome several problems in the WEF nexus. This review is the first report that focuses on the suggested applications of nanofibers in the WEF sectors. An economic value of nanofibers in WEF sectors was confirmed, which was mainly successfully applied for producing clean water, sustainable energy, and safe food. Biotechnological solutions of nanofibers include various activities in water, energy, and food industries. These activities may include the production of fresh water and wastewater treatment, producing, converting, and storing energy, and different activities in the food sector. Furthermore, microbial applications of nanofibers in the biomedicine sector, and the most important biotechnological approaches, mainly plant tissue culture, are the specific focus of the current study. Applying nanofibers in the field of plant tissue culture is a promising approach because these nanofibers can prevent any microbial contamination under in vitro conditions, but the loss of media by evaporation is the main challenge in this application. The main challenges of nanofiber production and application depend on the type of nanofibers and their application. Different sectors are related to almost all activities in our life; however, enormous open questions still need to be answered, especially the green approach that can be used to solve the accumulative problems in those sectors. The need for research on integrated systems is also urgent in the nexus of WEF under the umbrella of environmental sustainability, global climate change, and the concept of one’s health.

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“…In modern medicine, mushrooms are of interest as a source of many biologically active compounds, including polysaccharides, terpenoids, steroids, lectins, statins, polyphenols, phenols, alkaloids, antibiotics, etc., which may enhance immune function or have antitumor, antioxidant, antiviral, antibacterial, and other activities. Compounds such as lignocellulosic enzymes, lectins, proteases, and protease inhibitors have been used for the development of new drugs [45,46]. Investigation of the biotechnological potential of the LE-BIN collection strains will be covered below in the relevant sections.…”

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The Conservation and Study of Macromycetes in the Komarov Botanical Institute Basidiomycetes Culture Collection—Their Taxonomical Diversity and Biotechnological Prospects

Psurtseva,

Kiyashko,

Senik

et al. 2023

JoF

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Culture collections (CCs) play an important role in the ex situ conservation of biological material and maintaining species and strains, which can be used for scientific and practical purposes. The Komarov Botanical Institute Basidiomycetes Culture Collection (LE-BIN) preserves a large number of original dikaryon strains of various taxonomical and ecological groups of fungi from different geographical regions. Started in the late 1950s for the investigation of Basidiomycetes’ biological activity, today, in Russia, it has become a unique specialized macromycetes collection, preserving 3680 strains from 776 species of fungi. The Collection’s development is aimed at ex situ conservation of fungal diversity, with an emphasis on preserving rare and endangered species, ectomycorrhizal fungi, and strains useful for biotechnology and medicine. The main methods applied in the collection for maintaining and working with cultures are described, and the results are presented. Some problems for the isolation and cultivation of species are discussed. The taxonomical structure and variety of the strains in the collection fund are analyzed, and they show that the taxonomical diversity of fungi in the LE-BIN is commensurable with the largest CCs in the world. The achievements from the ex situ conservation of the diversity of macromycetes and the main results from the screening and investigation of the collection’s strains demonstrate that a number of strains can be prospective producers of enzymes (oxidoreductases and proteases), lipids, and biologically active compounds (terpenoids, phthalides, etc.) for biotechnology and medicine.

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Biotechnological Applications of Mushrooms under the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Crucial Aspects and Prospects from Farm to Pharmacy

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References 156 publications

Assessing the nutritional quality of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom)

Assessing the nutritional quality of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom)

Biotechnology of Nanofiber in Water, Energy, and Food Sectors

The Conservation and Study of Macromycetes in the Komarov Botanical Institute Basidiomycetes Culture Collection—Their Taxonomical Diversity and Biotechnological Prospects

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