a) Applied Plant Science Division, Agri-Food & Bioscience Institute, Northern Ireland
b) Grosvenor Grammar School, Northern Ireland
c) Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratories, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City, Northern Ireland
d) School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 15 (2009) 5-7
Antibiotic agents have been in widespread and largely effective therapeutic use since their discovery in the 20th century. However, with the emergence of multi-drug resistant pathogens now presents an increasing global challenge to both human and veterinary medicine. It is now widely acknowledged that there is a need to develop novel antimicrobial agents to minimize the threat of further antimicrobial resistance, With this in mind, a study was undertaken to examine the antimicrobial properties of aqueous extracts of “exotic” Shitake and Oyster mushrooms on a range of environmental and clinically important microorganisms.
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Clinical Articles
The following section outlines the clinical papers, posters and proposals that refer to the clinical use of MRL mushroom nutrition products. This information is for healthcare practitioners only and should not be provided to members of the general public.
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Clinical articles
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Hericium erinaceus and Coriolus versicolor Modulate Molecular and Biochemical Changes after Traumatic Brain Injury
Ramona D’Amico 1,†, Angela Trovato Salinaro 2,†, Roberta Fusco 1,†, Marika Cordaro 3, Daniela Impellizzeri 1, Maria Scuto 2, Maria Laura Ontario 2, Gianluigi Lo Dico 2, Salvatore Cuzzocrea 1,4,*, Rosanna Di Paola 1,*, Rosalba Siracusa 1,‡ and Vittorio Calabrese 2,‡ -
Hericium Erinaceus Prevents DEHP-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Apoptosis in PC12 Cells
Ines Amara (1)(2), Maria Scuto (2), Agata Zappalà (2), Maria Laura Ontario (2), Antonio Petralia (3), Alwa Abid -Essefi (1), Luigi Maiolino (3), Anna Signorile (4), Angela Trovato Salinaro (2) and Vittorio Calabrese (2). -
Effect of combined therapy polyhexamethylene biguanide and Coriolus-MRL on human papilloma virus (HPV) cervical and vulvar-related lesions
D. Gincheva(1), V. Gincheva(2), E. Konova(1)
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Nutritional Mushroom Treatment in Meniere’s Disease with Coriolus versicolor: A Rationale for Therapeutic Intervention in Neuroinflammation and Antineurodegeneration
Maria Scuto (1),y , Paola Di Mauro (2),y, Maria Laura Ontario (1), Chiara Amato (2), Sergio Moda_eri (1), Domenico Ciavardelli (3,4), Angela Trovato Salinaro (1), Luigi Maiolino (2),* and Vittorio Calabrese (2)