Browsing School of Agriculture & Food Science by Author "Sun, Yong"
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Comparison of Freeze-Drying with Three Different Combinations of Drying Methods and Their Influence on Colour, Texture, Microstructure and Nutrient Retention of Button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) Slices
Pei, Fei; Yang, Wen-jian; Shi, Ying; Sun, Yong; Mariga, Alfred Mugambi; Zhao, Li-yan; Fang, Yong; Ma, Ning; An, Xin-xin; Hu, Qiu-hui (Springer, 2013)Freeze-drying (FD) and three different combinations of drying methods: freeze-drying combined with hot air drying (FD + AD), freeze-drying combined with vacuum drying (FD + VD) and freeze-drying combined with microwave ... -
Immunoregulatory role of Pleurotus eryngii superfine powder through intercellular communication of cytokines
Sun, Yong; Ma, Yongzheng; Xu, Zenghui; Yang, Wenjian; Mariga, Alfred Mugambi; Pang, Guangchang; Geng, Chaoyu; Hu, Qiuhui (Taylor and Francis, 2013)Abstract Pleurotus eryngii, also known as thistle mushroom, is rich in proteins, dietary fibre and polysaccharides. It has been developed as a functional food due to its antioxidant, anti-fatigue, anti-viral and anti-tumour ... -
Regulation of Human Cytokines by Cordyceps Militaris.
Sun, Yong; Shao, Yani; Zhang, Zhiguo; Wang, Lianfen; Mariga, Alfred Mugambi; Pang, Guangchang; Geng, Chaoyu; Ho, ChiTang; Hu, Qiuhui; Zhao, Liyan (Elsevier, 2014)Cordyceps (Cordyceps militaris) exhibits many biological activities including antioxidant, inhibition of inflammation, cancer prevention, hypoglycemic, and antiaging properties, etc. However, a majority of studies involving ...