This article provides an overview of the essential differences between the biomass and extract form of mushroom products. The article addresses the betagucan content of both forms as well as the three forms of enzyme activity found in biomass form; contributing to their role as “biological response modifiers”.
(1) Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Higyene and Tropical Medicine, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
(2) University of Coimbra, Portugal.
(3) Ministry of Education and Human Development, Maputo, Mozambique.
(4) University of Catania, Italy
Clinical Articles
The following section outlines the clinical papers, posters and proposals that refer to the clinical use of MRL mushroom nutrition products. This information is for healthcare practitioners only and should not be provided to members of the general public.
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Clinical articles
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Neuroprotective Effects of Mushroom Biomass Digestive Fractions and Gut Microbiota Metabolites in Microglial and Caenorhabditis elegans Models of Neurodegeneration
Helena Araújo-Rodrigues 1,2 , Lidia Garzón-García 3 Freni K. Tavaria 1 , Celestino Santos-Buelga 3 , Ana Sofia Salsinha 1 , João Bettencourt Relvas 2,4 , Ana M.González-Paramás 3 and Manuela E.Pintado1,* -
Characterization of Children with Intellectual Disabilities and Relevance of Mushroom Hericium Biomass Supplement to Neurocognitive Behavior
Plamen Dimitrov 1,*, Alexandra Petrova 2, Victoria Bell 3,4 and Tito Fernandes 5 -
Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability of Bioactive Compounds from Mushroom Biomass Following in vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion presented at the CIPCA 2025 X International Conference on Food Proteins and Collides June 16-18, 2025 in Porto Portugal.
Helena Araújo-Rodrigues, Manuela Machado, João B. Relvas , Freni K. Tavaria, Manuela Pintado -
Neuroprotective Effects of Mushroom Biomass: Impact of Serum-Available and Gut Microbiota Metabolites in Caenorhabditis elegans Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented on June 13th at the XXIII EURO FOODCHEM 2025 Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia
Helena Araújo-Rodrigues,Lidia Garzón-García, João B. Relvas, Freni K. Tavaria, Celestino Santos-Buelga, Ana M. González-Paramás, and Manuela E. Pintado