Background : Lentinula edodes contain a variety of biosurgical substances and a large amount of beta-glucan, which is known for immune-boosting effects. L. edodes was cultivated in nation wide of Korea. And, almost farmhouse using imported strains from Japan and China. Therefore, this study was conducted to prove the excellence of domestic strains to replace imported strains.
Methods and Results : In this study, beta-glucan content, which is a unique immune component of domestic and imported strains, was compared to the native immune component of domestic L. edodes strains and imported L. edodes strains. In this test, the Korean strains such as Baekwahyang, Sanjo303ho, Suhyanggo, Cheonbaekgo, and the imported L. edodes strains is Mori290, Moriyujiro. The analysis results are as followings. The proximate compositions were ranged 3.74 - 5.50% in ash, 15.22 - 25.84% in crude protein, 0.93 - 1.43% in crude fat, 6.95 - 9.89% in crude fiber of Korean L. edodes strains and imported L. edodes strains, respectively. Major minerals of Korean L. edodes strains and imported L. edodes strains were potassium (684 - 904.05 ㎎%), calcium (0.46 - 0.65 ㎎%), sodium (8.77 - 11.01 ㎎%), magnesium (30.45 - 33.93 ㎎%). The content of beta-glucan from Korean L. edodes strains and imported L. edodes strains were ranged from 35.69% to 38.68%.
Conclusion : As the results of chemical analysis were showed the no difference between Korean L. edodes strains and imported L. edodes strains. These results are meaning that the Korean L. edodes strains quality of the components is not inferior to imported strains. We expected that the Korean L. edodes strains could replace imported L. edodes strains.