TY - JOUR AU - Lee, Tae-kyung AU - Nguyen, Thi Thanh Hanh AU - Park, Namhyeon AU - Kwak, So-Hyung AU - Kim, Jeesoo AU - Jin, Shina AU - Son, Gyu-Min AU - Hur, Jaewon AU - Choi, Jong-In AU - Kim, Doman PY - 2018 DA - 2018/08/27 TI - The use of fermented buckwheat to produce l-carnitine enriched oyster mushroom JO - AMB Express SP - 138 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - l-Carnitine is an essential compound that shuttles long chain fatty acids into mitochondria. The objective of this study was to produce l-carnitine enriched oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) using common buckwheat fermented by Rhizopus oligosporus. Mushroom grown on common buckwheat medium contained 9.9–23.9% higher l-carnitine (186.3 mg/kg) than those grown on basal medium without any buckwheat addition. Those grown on fermented common buckwheat medium contained the highest l-carnitine content (201.2 mg/kg). Size index and lightness of mushroom pileus (L*) were also the highest (100.7 and 50.6, respectively) for those grown in medium added with fermented common buckwheat (20%, w/w). Antioxidant activities of both mushroom extracts (1.5 mg/mL) showed the same level as 38.7% for mushroom grown in media added with common buckwheat or fermented common buckwheat. At the treatment concentration of 300 μg/mL, viabilities of murine macrophage cell line Raw 264.7 cells treated with ethanol extract of oyster mushroom grown on buckwheat medium ranged from 58.9 to 67.8%. The oyster mushroom grown on buckwheat and fermented buckwheat medium can be used as one of the substitutes for meat based diets. SN - 2191-0855 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-018-0664-6 DO - 10.1186/s13568-018-0664-6 ID - Lee2018 ER -