Wild mushroom-an underutilized healthy food resource and income generator: experience from Tanzania rural areas

DD Tibuhwa - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2013 - Springer
Background This study documents the use of a wild edible mushroom (WEM) in Tanzania
rural areas and assesses its significance as a source of healthy food and income for the …

Antioxidant properties of seven wild edible mushrooms from Tanzania

JM Hussein, DD Tibuhwa… - African journal of …, 2015 - academicjournals.org
Consumption of mushroom has increased remarkably because of their desirable aroma,
taste and high nutritional content. Wild edible mushrooms (WEM) are well known for their …

[PDF][PDF] Nutrient contents and antioxidant properties of Pleurotus spp. cultivated on substrate fortified with Selenium

OF Fasoranti, CO Ogidi, VO Oyetayo - Curr. Res. Environ. Appl …, 2019 - creamjournal.org
This study investigated the proximate, mineral, amino acid and antioxidant properties of
Pleurotus spp. fortified with selenium. The proximate analysis showed that Pleurotus …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of antioxidant properties of honeys from Tanzania

MH Muruke - 2014 - repository.udsm.ac.tz
In this study, levels and properties of antioxidants, antiradical and iron chelating activities of
honeybee and stingless bee honeys were determined using standard methods. The …

[HTML][HTML] A Comparative Study of Antioxidant Activities between Fresh and Dry Mushrooms in the Genera Cantharellus and Afrocantharellus from Tanzania

DD Tibuhwa - Food and nutrition sciences, 2014 - scirp.org
Cantharellus and Afrocantharellus mushrooms are widely consumed in both fresh and dry
forms. However, theirantioxidant and whether their values changing with dryingprocesses …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of quality of Tanzanian honey based on physicochemical properties

MH Muruke - Assessment, 2014 - academia.edu
Quality of Tanzanian honey based on physicochemical parameters namely water content,
sugar content, pH, ash content, hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) and honey colour was studied …

Oxalis corniculata L. in Tanzania: traditional use, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activities

DD Tibuhwa - Journal of Applied Biosciences, 2016 - ajol.info
Objectives: Oxalis corniculata Linn (creeping wood sorrel) is a weed plant species
traditionally widely used as a raw vegetable and in folk medicine to treat different human …

Cytotoxicity, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Boletus bicolor, A basidiomycetes mushroom indigenous to Tanzania

D Tibuhwa - Tanzania Journal of Science, 2017 - ajol.info
Boletus bicolor commonly known as coloured bolete is a basidiomyctes mushroom species
widely used as a delicacy and its extract has been used traditionally to treat several human …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of antioxidant and iron chelating activities of a wild edible oyster mushroom Pleurotus cystidiosus from Tanzania

MH Muruke - Evaluation, 2014 - core.ac.uk
This study was conducted in order to assess the levels, activities and establish the influence
of postharvest storage methods on antioxidants of the giant wild edible mushroom Pleurotus …

Proximate nutrient composition and antioxidant properties of Pleurotus sapidus 969 cultivated on Agave sisalana saline solid waste

M Muthangya, MJ Amana, SO Hashim, AM Mshandete… - 2019 - repository.seku.ac.ke
Effects of pure and mixed substrates of sisal waste, grass (Panicum coloratum) and a
combination of the two substrates at 50: 50 (w/w) on nutritional composition, minerals and …