Resources
The following online and print resources are being used extensively for the development of these web pages:
Online Databases
Nomenclature and systematics
NCBI taxon database
Fungorum
Scholarly Journal Databases
AMED
AltHealthWatch
BioSys previews
Pubmed
Scopus
JSTOR - The Scholary Journal Archive
Traditional Chinese Medicinal Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (TCMLARS)
Books
Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms demystified. (2nd ed.) Berkelely: Ten speed press. (959 pp). Preview available at Google Books
Chang, S.-T. and Miles, P.G. (2004). Mushrooms. Cultivation, nutritional value, medicinal effect, and environmental impact (2nd ed.). CRC Press (451 pp)
Groves, J.W. (1979). Edible and poisonous mushrooms of Canada. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. (326 pp)
Hobbs, C. (1995). Medicinal mushrooms. An exploration of tradition, healing, & culture. Summertown: Botanica Press. (251 pp)
Kirk, P.M., Cannon, P.F., David, J.C. and Stalpers, J.A. (2001). Dictionary of the Fungi. 9th ed. Egham: CABI Bioscience. (655 pp)
Miles, P.G. and Chang, S.-T. (1997). Mushroom Biology. Concise basics and current developments. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (194 pp)
Oei, P. (1996). Mushroom Cultivation. With Special Emphasis on appropriate techniques for developing countries. Leiden: Tool Publications. (274 pp)
Rogers, D.R. (2006). The Fungal Pharmacy. Medicinal Mushrooms of Western Canada. Edmonton: Prairie Deva Press. (234 pp)
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Stamets, P. (2000). Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms. 3rd Ed. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. (574 pp)
Review Articles
Abraham, W-R.
Bioactive sesquiterpenes produced by fungi: are they useful for humans as well?
Curr Med Chem. 2001 8:583-606.
Fan, LF, Pan, HJ, Soccol, AT, Pandey, A, Soccol, CR.
Advances in mushroom research in the last decade.
Food Technology and Biotechnology. 2006 44(3):303-11.
Jin-Ming, G.
New biologically active metabolites from Chinese higher fungi.
Curr. Org. Chem. 2006 10:849-871.
Lindequist U, Niedermeyer,THJ, Jülich W.-D.
The pharmacological potential of mushrooms.
eCAM. 2005 2(3):285-299.
Liu, J-K.
Secondary metabolites from higher fungi in China and their biological activity.
Drug Discov Ther. 2007 1(2):94-103.
Lull C, Wichers HJ and Savelkoul HFJ.
Antiinflammatory and immunomodulating properties of fungal metabolites.
Mediators of Inflammation. 2005 2:63-80.
Quang, DN, Hashimoto, T, Asakawa, Y.
Inedible mushrooms: A good source of biologically active substances.
Chem Rec. 2006 6(2):79-99.
Sullivan, R, Smith, JE, Rowan, NJ.
Medicinal mushrooms and cancer therapy. Translating a traditional practice into Western medicine.
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2006. 49(2):159-70.
Wang, HX, Ng, TB, Ooi, VEC.
Lectins from mushrooms.
Mycological Research. 1998 102:897-906.
Wasser, SP, Weis, AL.
Therapeutic effects of substances occurring in higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms: a modern perspective.
Crit Rev Immunol. 1999 19(1):65-96.
Scientific Research Journals
American Journal of Chinese Medicine
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine
Edible Fungi (Shanghai, China)
Edible Fungi of China (with English abstracts, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China)
Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde/Research in Complementary and Classical Natural Medicine.
International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms (Israel)
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Journal of Chinese Medicine
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy
Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants
Journal of Medicinal Food
Journal of Traditional Medicines
Mycological Research
Mycoscience
Micologia Neotropical Aplicada (Mexico)
Mushroom Information (Italy)
Mushroom Journal (UK)
Mushroom News (USA)
Mushroom Research (India)
Mycorrhizza
Last modified: 14-May-2008