Optimization of microwave-assisted extraction of ergosterol from Agaricus bisporus L. by-products using response surface methodology

This work intends to valorise by-products of the industrial processing of mushrooms to obtain ergosterol as a value-added compound. Agaricus bisporus L. is the world’s most consumed mushroom and one of the richest sources of ergosterol. Microwave-assisted extraction was used to replace conventional...

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Main Author: Heleno, Sandrina A. (author)
Other Authors: Prieto Lage, Miguel A. (author), Barros, Lillian (author), Rodrigues, Alírio (author), Barreiro, M.F. (author), Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/13555
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/13555