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Olive Mill Waste Boosts Lion's Mane Brain Compounds

Olive Mill Waste Boosts Lion's Mane Brain Compounds

Lion's mane, King oyster

What they found

Adding olive mill waste to substrate raised hericenones and erinacerins in lion's mane.

Adding olive mill waste to substrate raised hericenones and erinacerins in lion's mane.

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

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At a glance

Latin name

Hericium erinaceus, Pleurotus eryngii

Hericium erinaceus, Pleurotus eryngii

Compound

hericenones, erinacerins

hericenones, erinacerins

Published in

Metabolomics

Metabolomics

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

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Olive Waste Boost

Olive Waste Boost

Adding olive mill waste to growing substrates increased beneficial compounds in lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) and king oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus eryngii). In lion’s mane, the olive waste raised levels of brain-supporting hericenones and erinacerins, while reducing unwanted toxins.

Adding olive mill waste to growing substrates increased beneficial compounds in lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) and king oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus eryngii). In lion’s mane, the olive waste raised levels of brain-supporting hericenones and erinacerins, while reducing unwanted toxins.

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