Volume 10, 2008 / Issue 3

DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Article

Development of the World Mushroom Industry: Applied Mushroom Biology and International Mushroom Organizations Shu-Ting Chang, John A. Buswell pages 195-208 Shu-Ting Chang Department of Biology, Centre for International Services to Mushroom Biotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia John A. Buswell Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.10

Diversity and Use of Traditional Mexican Medicinal Fungi. A Review Gaston Guzman pages 209-217 Gaston Guzman Instituto de Ecologia, Apartada Postal 63, Xalapa, Veracruz 91000,Mexico DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.20

Medicinal Value of the Caterpillar Fungi Species of the Genus Cordyceps (Fr.) Link (Ascomycetes). A Review John C. Holliday, Matt P. Cleaver pages 219-234 John C. Holliday Aloha Medicinals Inc., 2300 Arrowhead Dr., Carson City, NV 89706, USA Matt P. Cleaver Aloha Medicinals Inc., Carson City, NV 89706, USA DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.30

Immunomodulation Activity of a Polysaccharide Fraction of a Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom, Pleurotus citrinopileatus Singer (Agaricomycetideae), in Vitro Ken-ichiro Minato pages 235-244 Ken-ichiro Minato School of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Miyagi University, Sendai 982-0215, Japan DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.40

Antioxidant Properties of Several Culinary-Medicinal Mushrooms during Postharvest Storage Sheng-Hua Lo pages 245-253 Sheng-Hua Lo Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, 250 Kuokuang Road, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.50

Antiproliferative Effects of Sclerotial Polysaccharides from Polyporus rhinocerus Cooke (Aphyllophoromycetideae) on Different Kinds of Leukemic Cells Connie K. M. Lai, Ka-Hing Wong, Peter Chi Keung Cheung pages 255-264 Connie K. M. Lai Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China Ka-Hing Wong Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Peter Chi Keung Cheung School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.60

Antimicrobial Activity of Two Species of the Genus Trametes Fr. (Aphyllophoromycetideae) from Nigeria Lauretta N. Ofodile, Monnique S. J. Simmons, Renee J. Grayer, N. U. Uma pages 265-268 Lauretta N. Ofodile Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria Monnique S. J. Simmons RoyaI Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK Renee J. Grayer RoyaI Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK N. U. Uma Department of Botany/Microbiology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.70

Enzyme-Based Scavengers and Lipid Peroxidation in Some Wild Edible Agaricales s.l. Mushrooms from Mug la (Turkey) Fadime Yilmaz Ersel, Levent Cavas pages 269-277 Fadime Yilmaz Ersel Mugla University, Ula Ali Koçman Vocational High School, Program of Fungi, Mugla, Turkey Levent Cavas Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry Division, 35160, Kaynaklar Campus, Izmir, Turkey DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.80

The Influence of Cultivation Conditions on Mycelial Growth and Exopolysaccharide Production of Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus Singer (Agaricomycetideae) Chiu-Yeh Wu pages 279-292 Chiu-Yeh Wu Department of Biotechnology, Chungchou Institute of Technology, Yuanlin, Changhua, Taiwan, 510 DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.90

2nd African Conference on Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms. Mushrooms: The Key to Food, Health and Environmental Security (November 2008, Ghana) 294 pages DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.100

The 5th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference (June 2009, P.R. China) pages 295-298 DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i3.110