Preliminary pharmacobotanical study on cultured Pleurotus species

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Article Title:	Preliminary pharmacobotanical study on cultured Pleurotus species
Authors:	Szabo Ildiko, Horvath Tunde, Pallag Annamaria, Bungau Simona, Amelia Lucaciu
Affiliation:	University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania
Abstract:	Pleurotus ostreatus – the oyster mushroom, grows worldwide in the wild on deciduous trees in shelf-like clusters. The most important quantity of this mushroom comes from controlled cultures, grown on farms, from mycelia cultivated on liquid or solid substrates. Taking into consideration its highly appraised nutritional value as well as the therapeutical properties of Pleurotus species, the aim of the present study is a preliminary analisys to establish the morphological and qualitative parameters and the content in protein and polysaccharides for the basidiocarp as a whole, and separately for the stipes.
Keywords:	Pleurotus ostreatus L., cultured, qualitative and quantitative determination
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*Correspondence:	Szabo Ildiko, Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Medicină şi Farmacie, str. Nicolae Jiga nr. 29, Oradea, Bihor, Romania, tel. +40 (259) 412801, e-mail: ildi_szabo@hotmail.com