Comparative Analyses of Bioactive Compounds in Inonotus obliquus Conks Growing on Alnus and Betula [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2022 Inonotus obliquus grows in the Northern Hemisphere on some living broadleaved tree species as a pathogen, causing stem rot. In Estonia, the fungus is well known in the Betula species but can also be found on Alnus. Sterile conks of I.
Rein Drenkhan +7 more
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Types of Nutrition Knowledge, Their Socio-Demographic Determinants and Their Association With Food Consumption: Results of the NEMONIT Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Objectives: To investigate nutrition knowledge in the German population, its determinants and its association with food consumption.Methods: Data were obtained from the NEMONIT study (2014/15, n = 1,505, participants' age: 22–80 years).
Franziska Koch +2 more
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Comparison of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites and Cytotoxicity of Extracts from Inonotus obliquus Isolates from Different Host Species [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Inonotus obliquus, a wood-decaying mushroom, has been used as a health-promoting supplement and nutraceutical for centuries. It is a source of bioactive compounds accumulated in both the conks (pseudosclerotia/sclerotia) and the biomass obtained in vitro.
Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja +9 more
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Comparison of Polysaccharides Extracted from Cultivated Mycelium of Inonotus obliquus with Polysaccharide Fractions Obtained from Sterile Conk (Chaga) and Birch Heart Rot [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 The polysaccharides of the sterile conk of Inonotus obliquus (Chaga) have demonstrated multiple bioactivities. The mycelium of this basidiomycete, obtained after submerged cultivation, has been considered a feasible alternative to the sterile conk for ...
Gabriele Beltrame +4 more
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Uncontrolled Web-Based Administration of Surveys on Factual Health-Related Knowledge: A Randomized Study of Untimed Versus Timed Quizzing [PDF]
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015 BackgroundHealth knowledge and literacy are among the main determinants of health. Assessment of these issues via Web-based surveys is growing continuously.
Domnich, Alexander +6 more
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Chemical Content and Cytotoxic Activity on Various Cancer Cell Lines of Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) Growing on Betula pendula and Betula pubescens [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsChaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) is a pathogenic fungus that grows mostly on birch species (Betula pendula Roth and B. pubescens Ehrh.) and has traditionally been used as an anticancer medicine.
Ain Raal +13 more
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Nothing else matters? Tree diameter and living status have more effects than biogeoclimatic context on microhabitat number and occurrence: An analysis in French forest reserves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Managing forests to preserve biodiversity requires a good knowledge not only of the factors driving its dynamics but also of the structural elements that actually support biodiversity. Tree-related microhabitats (e.g.
Yoan Paillet +5 more
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Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine, 2023 Background and Aim: Inonotus obliquus (Ach. Ex. Pers), commonly known as Chaga, is a parasitic fungus that grows on birch trees. Indigenous North Americans and Northern Eurasians have used Chaga tea as a folk medicine for centuries, and there are ...
Susan SC Cheung +9 more
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Quantitative comparison of microhabitats in deciduous forests with different management histories (Case study: Golband forest- Noshahr) [PDF]
تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران, 2014 This study was performed in order to investigate microhabitats in compartments 317 (managed) and 318 (control) at Jamand district of Golband forest, located in Noshahr (Mazandaran province).
Javad Eshaghi Rad, Amene Khanalizadeh
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Global Ecology and ConservationEcological significance of fungi in terrestrial ecosystems is generally acknowledged but the ecological networks mediated by particular fungal species are seldom described.
Asko Lõhmus, Piret Lõhmus
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