The University of Avero creates a food supplement to reduce cholesterol
The investigation is intended Return bioactive compounds such as Titin, Betogluca and Statins in unused mushrooms and product waste.
Cardiovascular diseases
A. Avero University (UA) It is developing a dietary supplement to reduce blood cholesterol levels using mushroom sub -products, revealing a source this Monday.
In the investigation led by the Philipa Gomes of the UA Chemistry Department, the aim is to recover bioactive compounds such as unused mushrooms and Titin, Betogluca and Statin in product waste.
“We are trying to pick up compounds such as Titin, Betoglucana (Fiber), Statins and other compounds, so we can use them as different ends as foods and during the end of drugs,” the researcher said.
The mushroom -manufacturing company is being investigated based on the restoration of sub -products produced and packed in the units of Kuga.
Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry of the University of Avero Chemistry and Technology Network (LAQV-Requin) These super products are turned into a natural product with the benefits of cardiovascular health.
“This contribution was born through the products of the mushrooms and in the compounds of their wealth, that is, from the perception of betoglucanas,” Philip Gomes explained.
“We will study the process of communicating with bile acids in the intestine,” he said.
For the kuga, taking 10% of the latest mushrooms that are wasted today, allowing the joint work with the University of Avero to become a natural food. ”
Nuno Pereira, who is responsible for the company, is wasted by the feet, the fragments and units outside the caliber, about 500 tonnes per year, “.
The Vila Floor, Vila Real and Parades, said that the Portuguese mushroom market was 80% shareholder in the mushroom market, producing five thousand tons per year and had large surfaces as major customers.
