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Oyster Mushrooms Break Down a Toxic Chemo Drug Pollutant

Oyster Mushrooms Break Down a Toxic Chemo Drug Pollutant

Oyster mushroom

What they found

Oyster mushrooms broke down over 90% of the chemotherapy drug methotrexate in five days.

Oyster mushrooms broke down over 90% of the chemotherapy drug methotrexate in five days.

The number

over 90% of methotrexate

How solid is it?

Lab dish

Lab dish

In vitro (lab dish)

In vitro (lab dish)

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Pleurotus ostreatus

Pleurotus ostreatus

Compound

laccase

laccase

Published in

Biodegradation

Biodegradation

Covered in Shroom Scan

Section

HEALTH & WELLNESS

HEALTH & WELLNESS

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Chemo Drug Cleanup

Chemo Drug Cleanup

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) broke down over 90% of methotrexate, a toxic chemotherapy drug, in just five days. The fungi used powerful enzymes like laccase to transform the pollutant into less harmful compounds.

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) broke down over 90% of methotrexate, a toxic chemotherapy drug, in just five days. The fungi used powerful enzymes like laccase to transform the pollutant into less harmful compounds.

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