Mushrooms: The Versatile Role
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food quality; food chemistry; composition analysis; food technology; food toxicology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In terms of scientific systematics, fungi constitute a separate kingdom of living organisms, next to plants and animals. Most fungi are multicellular organisms whose bodies form a network of long, branched, thread-like filaments called hyphae. This morphological structure of fungi increases their ability to absorb nutrients and chemicals from the environment.
Mushrooms play a significant role in nature, contributing to the decomposition of dead organic matter, acting as a source of food for many animals, and living in symbiosis with various tree species with which they exchange nutrients.
Edible mushrooms are important for humans in many fields, including gastronomy, food technology, medicine, pharmacology, tourism, trade, and more. They can also be used to estimate the degree of environmental pollution in the areas in which they occur, due to their ability to accumulate undesirable compounds.
This Special Issue aims to emphasize the versatile importance of mushrooms for humans, taking into account their nutritional and health-promoting properties. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Characteristics of mushrooms (wild-growing and cultivated) and consumer preferences regarding the consumption of various species of mushrooms;
- Nutritional and health-promoting values of edible mushrooms (including chemical composition, mineral composition, fatty acid profile, bioactive compounds, antioxidants, vitamins, dietary fiber, etc.);
- The use of mushrooms in medicine, pharmacology, food technology, gastronomy, and other fields;
- Environmental factors determining the quality of mushrooms (harmful compounds, e.g., heavy metals, organic pollutants, and radioactive elements).
Dr. Renata Pietrzak-Fiećko
Dr. Michalina Gałgowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Chemical composition
- Nutritional value
- Pro-health properties
- Contamination
- Natural products
- Extracts
- Processing.
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