Truffles: much more than a prized and local fungal delicacy

A Mello, C Murat, P Bonfante - FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Truffles are hypogeous fungi which live in symbiosis with plant host roots in order to
accomplish their life cycle. Some species, such as Tuber magnatum Pico, the 'white truffle' …

Mushrooms and truffles: historical biofactories for complementary medicine in Africa and in the middle East

H El Enshasy, EA Elsayed, R Aziz… - Evidence‐Based …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The ethnopharmaceutical approach is important for the discovery and development of
natural product research and requires a deep understanding not only of biometabolites …

Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the genus Tuber, the 'true truffles'

S Jeandroz, C Murat, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Various data sets and methods of analysis were combined to produce the first
comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the genus Tuber and to analyse its biogeography …

Truffles: From Islamic culture to chemistry, pharmacology, and food trends in recent times

SAM Khalifa, MA Farag, N Yosri, JSM Sabir… - Trends in Food Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Many years back, during Islamic civilization, truffle (Kama'ah) was mentioned by
Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) to be well recognized as a therapeutic for eye diseases.(“In the …

Screening of bioactive compounds in truffles and evaluation of pressurized liquid extractions (PLE) to obtain fractions with biological activities

E Tejedor-Calvo, D Morales, P Marco… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Truffles, besides the appreciated aromatic compounds, contain other molecules with
interesting bioactive properties. A screening of fungal sterols and β-glucans within different …

Current status of truffle cultivation: recent results and future perspectives

A Zambonelli, M Iotti, I Hall - Italian journal of mycology, 2015 - italianmycology.unibo.it
In this review the current status of truffle cultivation in Europe and outside Europe is
reported. While the cultivation of Tuber melanosporum (Périgord black truffle), Tuber …

Supercritical CO2 extraction method of aromatic compounds from truffles

E Tejedor-Calvo, S García-Barreda, S Sánchez… - LWT, 2021 - Elsevier
Truffles are a well-known worldwide product mainly appreciated by their unique aroma,
which is composed by more than 50 volatile compounds. However, to this day, no one has …

Effect of storage on biochemical and microbiological parameters of edible truffle species

R Saltarelli, P Ceccaroli, P Cesari, E Barbieri, V Stocchi - Food chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
The effects of different storage treatments on the most common edible truffle species, such
as Tuber magnatum and Tuber borchii (white truffles), Tuber melanosporum and Tuber …

Potential aromatic compounds as markers to differentiate between Tuber melanosporum and Tuber indicum truffles

L Culleré, V Ferreira, ME Venturini, P Marco, D Blanco - Food Chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
The Tuber indicum (Chinese truffle) and Tuber melanosporum (Black truffle) species are
morphologically very similar but their aromas are very different. The black truffle aroma is …

Species diversity, phylogeny, endemism and geography of the truffle genus Tuber in China based on morphological and molecular data

L Fan, T Li, YY Xu, XY Yan - Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The genus Tuber (Tuberaceae, Pezizales) is an important fungal group of Ascomycota both
economically and ecologically. However, the species diversity, phylogenetic relationships …