Mushrooms as good an antioxidant source as more colorful veggies
Portabella and crimini mushrooms rank with carrots, green beans, red peppers and broccoli as good sources of dietary antioxidants, Penn State researchers say. Dr. N. Joy Dubost, who recently earned her doctorate in food science at Penn State, measured the activity of two antioxidants, polyphenols and ergothioneine, present in mushrooms, using the ORAC assay and HPLC instrumentation, as par...Hopkins scientists show hallucinogen in mushrooms creates universal 'mystical' experience
Using unusually rigorous scientific conditions and measures, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown that the active agent in "sacred mushrooms" can induce mystical/spiritual experiences descriptively identical to spontaneous ones people have reported for centuries. The resulting experiences apparently prompt positive changes in behavior and attitude that last several months, at least. </p...Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs
"There has always been a recognized potential of the mushroom as being a choice platform for the mass production of commercially valuable proteins," said Charles Peter Romaine, who holds the John B. Swayne Chair in spawn...Motorola Canopy Mushrooms to Libertyville, Ill.
With Chicagoland communities includnig Palatine and Waukegan already on the Canopy bandwagon, the Libertyville wireless network is currently being deployed and will become available for residential and business customers throughout 2003. Owned by Libertyvilles DeBruler family, db3 Broadband is an authorized Canopy reseller that exclusively deals in Canopy service and equipment. Canopy s...Mushrooms can help fight chronic disease
Free radicals, species with unpaired electrons have been implicated in a number of degenerative diseases, and even cancer. The scientific community has been trying hard to protect the body form the harmful effects of free radicals by supplementation with anti-oxidants, substances that counteract the free radicals. // Anti-oxidants are abundant in fruits and vegetables. It has now been fo...Novel Vitamin D source in Mushrooms!
Generally Vitamin D is found in either sunrays or in animal sources but there is a strong contender in mushrooms for that. // The research says that brief UV exposure can enhance the blandest and whitest farmed mushrooms the Vitamin D. The Food and Drug Administration proposed study is being funded by industry. This would be an answer to the concern with the vitamin deficiency. It would...Mushrooms are Rich Source of Antioxidants
Eating varieties of mushrooms along with a variety of other vegetables could give you varieties of antioxidants - which prevent cellular damage// , the common pathway for cancer, ageing and several diseases. N. Joy Dubost, a Pennsylvania state researcher, measured antioxidant capacity in several kinds of mushrooms, including the common white button mushroom (a brown variety of which is...Magic mushrooms known to bring relief to patients
There is now evidence to suggest that an important ingredient in magic mushrooms is capable of assisting people suffering terminal cancer and a release// from addictions. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the US have found that psilocybin an important element in mushrooms is capable of instilling a deep feeling of spirituality, that may bring about healing, especially for th...Four of Family Died After Consuming Poisonous Mushrooms
Four children of a Himachal Pradesh village died after eating wild poisonous mushrooms while their mother is still recovering//. According to police officials, MangatRam, 12, Begma, 8, Neelma, 5, and Jaywanti, 2, died Friday in Thanhaar village in the Kullu valley, some 240 km from here. All the children fell unconscious and died soon after consuming the cooked mushroom. Th...