Patents Assigned to JANGHEUNG COUNTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MUSHROOM INDUSTRY
  • Method for obtaining vitamin D2 from shiitake mushrooms
    Patent number: 10751350
    Abstract: A method of obtaining vitamin D from shiitake includes a) adding ethanol to shiitake powder, followed by reflux extraction, to prepare a shiitake extract; and (b) irradiating ultraviolet (UV) light to the shiitake extract prepared in step (a). When shiitake extracts are obtained and exposed to ultraviolet light under specific conditions, the content of vitamin D2 in the shiitake extracts may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: JANGHEUNG COUNTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MUSHROOM INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Kyung-Je Kim, Kyoung Sun Seo, Tae-Young Park, Seong-Woo Jin, Bong-Suk Choi, Jin-Kyeong Kim