Cultivation Techniques And Medicinal Properties Of Pleurotus Spp

238 A. GREGORI et al.: Cultivation of Pleurotus spp., Food Technol. Biotechnol. 45 (3) 238–249 (2007) ISSN 1330-9862 review (FTB-1924) Cultivation Techniques and Medicinal Properties of Pleurotus spp. Andrej Gregori1,2*, Mirjan [vagelj3 and Jure Pohleven4,5... More

238 A. GREGORI et al.: Cultivation of Pleurotus spp., Food Technol. Biotechnol. 45 (3) 238–249 (2007) ISSN 1330-9862 review (FTB-1924) Cultivation Techniques and Medicinal Properties of Pleurotus spp. Andrej Gregori1,2*, Mirjan [vagelj3 and Jure Pohleven4,5 1 SRC Bistra Ptuj, Slovenski trg 6, SI-2250 Ptuj, Slovenia 2 Institute for Natural Sciences, Ulica bratov U~akar 108, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 3 Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Ecology Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Techmology, University of Ljubljana, A{ker~eva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 4 Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, A{ker~eva 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 5 Department of Biotechnology, Jo`ef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Received: May 5, 2007 Revised version: May 20, 2007 Accepted: June 1, 2007 Summary The genus Pleurotus (oyster mushroom) comprises some most popular edible mush- rooms due to their favourable organole Less