Nuhu Alam, Ruhul Amin, Md. Asaduzzaman Khan, Ismot Ara et al.
Mushroom cultivation has been started recently in Bangladesh. Awareness of the nutritional and medicinal importance of mushrooms is not extensive. In this study, the nutritional values of dietary mushrooms- Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus sajorcaju, Pleurotus florida and Calocybe indica that are very...
Shahdat Hossain, Michio Hashimoto, Emran Kabir Choudhury, Nuhu Alam et al.
1. The effects of edible oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus on plasma and liver lipid profiles and on the plasma total anti-oxidant status were estimated in hyper- and normocholesterolaemic Long Evans rats. 2. The feeding of 5% powder of the fruiting bodies of P. ostreatus mushrooms to hypercholest...
Mahbubur Rahman, Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharmin Khan Luies, Abul Kamal et al.
Fresh produce, when consumed raw, can be a source of exposure to antimicrobial residues, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) of clinical importance. This review aims to determine: (1) the presence and abundance of antimicrobial residues, ARB and ARGs in f...
Nuhu Amin, Mahbubur Rahman, Suraja Raj, Shahjahan Ali et al.
Rapid urbanization has led to a growing sanitation crisis in urban areas of Bangladesh and potential exposure to fecal contamination in the urban environment due to inadequate sanitation and poor fecal sludge management. Limited data are available on environmental fecal contamination associated with...
Asaduzzaman Khan, Nazim Uddin, Mousumi Tania, Nuhu Alam
The nutritional composition of six species of oyster mushrooms such as Pleurotus sajor-caju, P. ostreatus, P. florida, P. cystidiosus, P. highking 51 and P. geestaranus was determined. The protein content was found highest in P. sajor-caju (24.5g/100g of dry weight) followed by P. ostreatus, P. high...
Ruhul Amin, Abul Khair, Nuhu Alam, Tae Soo Lee
Calocybe indica, a tropical edible mushroom, is popular because it has good nutritive value and it can be cultivated commercially. The current investigation was undertaken to determine a suitable substrate and the appropriate thickness of casing materials for the cultivation of C. indica. Optimum my...
Mahbub‐Ul Alam, Sharika Ferdous, Ayşe Ercümen, Audrie Lin et al.
BACKGROUND: The widespread and unrestricted use of antibiotics has led to the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), and antibiotic residues in the environment. Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not designed for effective a...
Youn Jeong, Nuhu Alam, Jae Seong Lee, Kyung Rim Lee et al.
Pleurotus nebrodensis is an edible and commercially available mushroom in Korea. This study was conducted in order to evaluate the anticancer and immunopotentiating activities of crude polysaccharides, extracted in methanol, neutral saline, and hot water (hereafter referred to as Fr. MeOH, Fr. NaCl,...
Nuhu Alam, Ruhul Amin, Abul Khair, Tae Soo Lee
Calocybe indica, known as milky white mushroom, grows and cultivated in the sub-tropical and temperate zones of South Asia. We investigated the most suitable supplements and their levels for the commercial cultivation of milky white mushroom. Rice bran, maize powder, and wheat bran with their differ...
Ki Nam Yoon, Nuhu Alam, Mi Ja Shim, Tae Soo Lee
The present study was conducted to investigate dietary supplementation of Pleurotus salmoneostramineus fruiting bodies on biochemical and histological effects in hyper- and normocholesterolemic rats. Six-week-old female Sprague-Dawley albino rats were divided into three groups of 10 rats each. Feedi...
Rehnuma Haque, Christine L. Moe, Suraja J. Raj, Li Ong et al.
The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health crisis of global concern. The progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has been monitored in the first place by testing symptomatic individuals for SARS-CoV-2 virus in the respiratory samples. Concurrently, wastewater car...
Md Maniruzzaman Sikder, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Mallik, Nuhu Alam
Entomopathogenic fungus-Aschersonia sp. was found in the potted plants in the experimental sites of the Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. Using tissue planting technique, fungus colony was recovered on PDA. Morphology characterization based on mycelium, conidia, colony fea...
Ki Nam Yoon, Jae Seong Lee, Hye Young Kim, Kyung Rim Lee et al.
The wild edible mushroom, Lentinus lepideus has recently been cultivated for commercial use in Korea. While the mushroom has been widely used for nutritional and medicinal purposes, the possible anti-hyperlipidemic action is unclear. The effects of dietary L. lepideus on plasma and feces biochemical...
Ratna Mondal, Shakil Ahmed Polash, Tanushree Saha, Zinia Islam et al.
Phyllanthus emblica L. belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae is a common medicinal plant in Bangladesh. In order to evaluate the phytoconstituents and bioactivity of various parts of P. emblica, both the wild type (i.e., small) and cultivated (i.e., big) fruits were collected from the local market o...
Nuhu Alam, Ki Nam Yoon, Tae Soo Lee
BACKGROUND: Pleurotus ferulae is an edible mushroom has been widely used for nutritional and medicinal purposes. Irrespective of the medicinal importance or therapeutic potentials of P. ferulae, there have not been studies on anti-hyperlipidemic properties. Therefore, the present study investigates ...