title: Nutritional characterisation of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm. produced using paper scraps as substrate.
abstract: Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm. is the third most produced edible mushroom worldwide, due to its ability to colonise and degrade a large variety of lignocellulosic substrates. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate the chemical composition of fruiting bodies of P. ostreatus grown on blank and printed paper substrates, in comparison with samples grown on oat straw (control). The nutritional properties of the control sample were similar to values reported in the literature, while the chemical composition of the samples obtained using paper scraps, either blank or printed, was highly satisfactory. The results obtained validated the nutritional characteristics of the samples, highlighting a profitable means to recycle paper.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), ESA, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Campus de Santa Apolónia, Apartado 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal; REQUIMTE/Depto. de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ângela
authors.initials: Â
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), ESA, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Campus de Santa Apolónia, Apartado 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal.
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), ESA, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Campus de Santa Apolónia, Apartado 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal.
authors.forename: Anabela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Lidergraf - Artes Gráficas, S.A., Travessa N 1 do Galhano 15, 4480-089 Vila do Conde, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), ESA, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Campus de Santa Apolónia, Apartado 1172, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal. Electronic address: iferreira@ipb.pt.
authors.forename: Isabel C F R
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D009753:Nutritive Value; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development
keywords: Blank and printed paper; Chemical/nutritional composition; Mushrooms production; Oat straw; Pleurotus ostreatus