N. K. Kortei

Comparative Appraisal of the Total Phenolic Content, Flavonoids, Free Radical Scavenging Activity and Nutritional Qualities of Pleurotus ostreatus (EM-1) and Pleurotus eous (P-31) Cultivated on Rice (Oryzae sativa) Straw in Ghana

N. K. Kortei & M. Wiafe- Kwagyan · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2015

Aim: The nutritional and anti- nutritional qualities of Pleurotus ostreatus (EM-1) and Pleurotus eous (P-31) cultivated on rice straw were compared. Methodology: In vitro antioxidant analysis, proximate analysis, refractometry, atomic absorption and Atwaters procedure. Results: N...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JABB/2015/16522

Evaluating the Effect of Gamma Irradiation and Steam Sterilization on the Survival and Growth of Composted Sawdust Fungi in Ghana

N. K. Kortei, G. T. Odamtten, M. Obodai, V. Appiah & M. Wiafe-Kwagyan · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

The growth and survival of some fungi associated with composted and pretreated sawdust particularly for mushroom cultivation were investigated on two growth media; Cooke’s and Oxytetracycline Glucose Yeast Extract (OGYE). Some fungi were isolated during the composting of sawdust...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16521

Comparative Occurrence of Resident Fungi on Gamma Irradiated and Steam Sterilized Sorghum Grains (Sorghum bicolor L.) for Spawn Production in Ghana

N. K. Kortei, G. T. Odamtten, V. Appiah, M. Obodai, A. Adu-Gyamfi & M. Wiafe- Kwagyan · Biotechnology Journal International · 2015

Sorghum is one of the important cereals consumed by humans, animals and also used for the production of mushroom spawns in Ghana. Aim: Identification of fungi present on sorghum grains before and after pretreatment (steam and gamma radiation) principally for mushroom cultivation....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2015/16747