Table 1
pH values, moisture contents, and reducing sugar contents of Astragalus membranaceus fermented with different mushroom mycelia

Strains Components
Moisturecontents (%) pH Reducing sugar (mg/100g)
Control 26.38±0.01h1) 5.56±0.01b 235.83±0.04e
P. linteus 49.58±0.04a 6.51±0.02a 346.73±0.07b
P. ostreatus 33.11±0.07f 5.30±0.01c 256.05±0.10d
F. fomentarius 28.74±0.05g 4.66±0.01d 215.60±0.15g
G. lucidum 34.58±0.01e 5.52±0.00b 211.69±0.27h
P. eryngii 38.92±0.06b 5.61±0.02b 289.97±0.11c
F. velutipes 35.54±0.04c 6.41±0.02a 391.74±0.14a
L. edodes 34.93±0.02d 5.57±0.00b 226.69±0.12f
1)Values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with the same letter in each row are not significantly different by Ducan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).