IMMC7 Call for Abstract and full papers
The 7th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference will be held from 26-29
August 2013 Beijing, with the purpose of broadening the understanding, sharing,
exchange of experiences, and exploring better approaches to the development process
of medicinal mushrooms among all participants.
By 16 April 2013, we received over 120 abstracts from all over the world. Concerning
the current situation that many scientists request more time to revise their abstracts
and full paper, the deadline for Submission of abstracts has been delayed until 1 May
2013. If you have not submitted your abstract, please send it to: immc7@hotmail.com
before 1 May.
If you have any question, please write to us.
With Best Wishes,
Sincerely
Mr. Ziqiang Liu
Secretary General of the Organizing Committee
2013-4-17
Call for papers
Abstract
We invite contributions that pertain to the conference topics from interested authors.
Abstracts should focus on current issues relevant to scientific progress and/or to
industry, and should have scientific and/or technical content.
Abstracts should clearly define the objectives of the presentation, topics covered, key
conclusions reached, and potential benefits for scientific developments and for
industry. At least 500 words are required for each abstract.
The abstracts will be accumulated into a book of abstracts, which will be printed and
distributed to the participants at the meeting. Additionally, an electronic version of the
Abstract Book will be available at the symposium’s web page.
The electronic version must be prepared in Microsoft Word in Windows format and in
the required IMMC7 2013 abstract form (download from www.immc7.com). It should
be sent as an attached file by e-mail before 1 May 2013 to: immc7@hotmail.com
Full paper
Some excellent papers of IMMC7 will be published in the International Journal of
Medicinal Mushrooms (IJMM). Please send the full paper according to journal format
of the IJMM before June 6, 2013 if the IMMC7 Secretary informs you of your
abstract acceptance.
If you have any question about academic, please send E-mail to
immc7@hotmail.com.
Sample of abstract
GENETIC MANIPULATION TECHNOLOGY COULD MAKE
THE
MUSHROOMS
FROM
NUTRICEUTICALS
TO
PHARMACEUTICALS
R. S. Hseu1, C. T. Huang1, C. Y. Kuo2, S. Y. Chou2 and C. C. Chang2
1
Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, Institute of Microbiology and Biochemistry,
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Chinese Taipei; 2MycoMagic Biotechnology Limited
Company, Taipei, Chinese Taipei.
E-mail: rshseu@ntu.edu.tw
The gene transformation plays a key role in the modern biotechnology. Heterologous genes can be
expressed in various organisms ranged from microorganisms, plants and animals. Molecular
pharming, using transgenic plants, animals or higher microorganisms to produce recombinant
proteins with pharmaceutical or commercial potential, will have a great impact on the agricultural
biotechnology in the future. Molecular pharming could be used to produce bioplastics, industrial
enzymes, vaccines, antibodies, and other pharmaceuticals. The major advantage of molecular
pharming is the ability to produce recombinant proteins at large scale with economical expense.
The cost is cut down tremendously in comparison with the traditional process.﹒﹒﹒﹒﹒
Full paper
Some excellent papers of IMMC7 will be published in the International Journal of
Medicinal Mushrooms (IJMM). Please send the full paper according to the sample
format before March 31, 2013.
Sample of full paper
Medicinal Mushroom Products: Nutriceuticals and/or
Pharmaceuticals?
S. T. CHANG
Emeritus Professor of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T. Hong Kong
SAR, China. Email: scha6507@bigpong.net.au
(Address all correspondence to S. T. Chang, 3 Britton Place, McKellar, A.C.T. 2617 Australia).
Abstract: Although the effectiveness of mushroom products (mushroom derivatives) has been
confirmed repeatedly by numerous laboratory experiments and, .﹒﹒﹒﹒﹒
Key words: mushroom product, nutriceutical, pharmaceutical, traditional Chinese medicine
1 Introduction
First of all, it may be interesting to have a charming mushroom poem as a beginning to this article:
“WITHOUT LEAVES, WITHOUT BUDS, WITHOUT FLOWERS, YET, .﹒﹒﹒﹒﹒
Pharmaceuticals/Drugs
As a
medicine
As a tonic
Traditional medicine/
Nutriceuticals
As a food
Functional food/
Figure 1.
Nutraceuticals
Pyramid model for the mushroom industry
The above pyramid model of the mushroom industry conforms fully to an old Chinese saying,
“Medicines and food have a common origin”. This statement is particularly applicable .﹒﹒﹒﹒
﹒
2 Mushrooms as a Food
There is increasing experimentally-based evidence to support centuries of observations regarding
the nutritional (and medicinal benefits) of mushrooms. Mushrooms .﹒﹒﹒﹒﹒
Table 1 Proximate composition of three mushroom species[3]
A. bisporus
L. edodes
Pleurotus spp
Moisture
78.3-90.5
90.0-91.8
73.7-90.8
Crude protein
23.9-34.8
13.4-17.5
10.5-30.4
1.7-8.0
4.9-8.0
1.6-2.2
Total carbohydrate
51.3-62.5
67.5-78.0
57.6-81.8
N-free carbohydrate
44.0-53.5
59.5-70.7
48.9-74.3
Total dietary fibre
8.0-10.4
7.3-8.0
7.5-8.7
Ash
7.7-12.0
3.7-7.0
6.1-9.8
Energy value
328-368
387-392
345-367
Component
Crude fat
All data are presented as percentage of dry weight, except moisture (percentage of fresh weight)
and energy value (Kcal per 100 g dry weight).
8 Concluding Remarks
Medicinal mushroom-derived products are neither nutraceuticals (food/functional food) nor
pharmaceuticals (drugs), because the active ingredient of most products is not a single, chemically
defined compound as used in conventional drug treatments. Therefore, they may be classified as a
type of nutriceutical or as a dietary supplement or traditional medicine which is a category
between food and drugs. .﹒﹒﹒﹒﹒
References
[1] Chang ST, Miles PG. Edible Mushrooms and Their Cultivation. 1989, CRC Press, Boca
Raton (FL).
[2] Xue CC, O’Brien KA. Modalities of Chinese medicine. In: Leung PC, Xue CC and Cheng
YC (eds), Comprehensive Guide to Chinese Medicine. World Scientific, Singapore, 2003,
19-46.