Lifeasible offers a tissue culture service for the black mushroom of the genus Agrocybe (Agrocybe aegerita). As an edible fungus, Agrocybe aegerita is particularly nutritious. It is therefore critical to obtain high-quality strains, improve mushroom diversity and increase nutritional and flavor value.
About Agrocybe aegerita
Agrocybe aegerita is a rare edible mushroom that grows naturally on the dead trunk or guan of old oil tea trees. It is a rare and valuable resource. It is characterized by its delicious taste, aromatic smell, and rich nutritional value. It is a high protein, low fat, fungal polysaccharide rich, relatively high mineral content, and highly nutritious edible mushroom.
Agrocybe aegerita is mainly found in the northern temperate zone but is also found in subtropical areas, while it is rare in the tropics, where extremely cold and hot climatic conditions are unsuitable for development. Under natural conditions, the fungus grows in and around the roots of decaying trees in small-growth oil-tea forests, with the growing season concentrated around spring and summer, and mid-autumn. It is more common in regenerating forests after old growth is logged. Because of the hardwood and slow decay rate of tea trees, the tea tree mycelium growth cycle is particularly long.
Our Services
Lifeasible provides tissue culture of Agrocybe aegerita and provides key technical support to research, industrialise and apply it. Our services include but are not limited to the following:
- Supporting the cultivation and research of Agrocybe aegerita by studying mushroom tissue culture and conducting strain screening and purification.
- Provision of high-quality parent strains and culture media for Agrocybe aegerita cultivation. This is done through research into methods of tissue isolation for Agrocybe aegerita.
Process Steps
Strain processing
Removal of stray becteria
Tissue isolation
Strain purification
Mycelial growth
Media selection
The Value of Agrocybe aegerita
Its delicious taste, crunchy texture, rich and pure aroma, and tender texture make it an excellent edible mushroom. It can also be processed into canned, Soy Sauce, Concentrate, and Dried Agrocybe aegerita.
Agrocybe aegerita has tonic, hypotensive, soothing, and anti-aging properties and has significant therapeutic effects on urinary frequency, edema, asthma, children's bed-wetting, arthritis, low fever, and detoxification. Experiments have shown that Agrocybe aegerita extract inhibits sarcoma and Ehrlich ascites cancer in mice by 80% ~ 90%.
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Agrocybe aegerita contains a variety of biologically active compounds such as polysaccharides, peptides and antioxidants. The optimisation of Agrocybe aegerita tissue culture conditions through our services can facilitate the accumulation of bioactive compounds. This can be done through extraction and development studies for food, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications. If you are interested in our services, please contact us for a more detailed description of our services.
Reference
- Liu X, et al. Anti-aging effect of Agrocybe aegerita polysaccharide through regulation of oxidative stress and gut microbiota. Foods. 2022; 11 (23).
For research use only, not for clinical use.
