Toxicity and medicinal use of Amanita muscaria: A narrative review and health risk assessment
Figure 1: Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) 1. Objective Over the past decade, the interest in the mushroom Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) has grown rapidly. Previously considered highly toxic in most parts of the world, opinions about its toxicity have changed, and research related to its psychoactive and potentially therapeutic properties has increased. Its pharmacologically most relevant constituent muscimol has been a subject of intense and ongoing scientific research and was investigated amongst others for its potential in epilepsy and seizure
Emerging pollutants in catfish (Silurus glanis) from European water bodies: A narrative review and safety assessment
Introduction & Objective Figure 1: Catfish (Silurus glanis) caught in 2024 in the old rhine arm of the Oberrhein The European catfish, Silurus glanis (see Figure 1), also known as wels or sheatfish, is among the largest freshwater fish worldwide, with a maximum record of 5 m of total length and body mass of 306 kg and individuals over 50 kg being regularly caught (Slavík et al. 2007). Catfish is regularly consumed where it occurs and as a top predator
Concentration and ecotoxic potential of UWTD lead substances in Bavarian wastewater treatment plant effluents
1 Introduction At the end of 2024, the EU Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWTD) was adopted by the European Parliament. The directive was published as EU Directive 2024/3019 in the Official Journal of the European Union and represents a revision of EC Directive 91/271/EEC on urban waste water treatment, which was adopted in 1991. With the amended Wastewater Directive, the EU is setting new requirements for authorities and municipal wastewater management for the first time in over 30 years. The amended
Nutritional value and medicinal potential of Suillellus luridus
Suillellus luridus (formerly Boletus luridus belongs to the genus Suillellus of the family Boletaceae) is a wellknown delicacy for centuries. It not only has high contents of carbohydrate and protein, low contents of crude fat, but also contains a variety of biological active compounds. In a study conducted by Liu et al., the aqueous extract of S. luridus showed the highest in-vitro antioxidant and antihyperglycemic activities among various boletus mushroom samples (Liu et al., 2016). In this study polysaccharides were
Reporting requirements under the new EU Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and marker substances to determine the elimination rate for micropollutants
At the end of 2024, the EU Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) was adopted by the European Parliament. The directive was published as EU Directive 2024/3019 in the Official Journal of the European Union and represents a revision of EC Directive 91/271/EEC on urban waste water treatment, which was adopted in 1991. With the amended Wastewater Directive, the EU is setting new requirements for authorities and municipal wastewater management for the first time in over 30 years. The directive came into
Medical use and toxicity of Hericium mushrooms – a narrative review
Introduction Hericium is an edible, wood rotting fungus of temperate deciduous forests (Grace & Mudge, 2015). It is a culinary-medicinal mushroom and has a long history of usage in traditional Chinese medicine as a tonic for stomach disorders, ulcers and gastrointestinal ailments (Xu et al., 1985). Recently it has received increased attention for its potential therapeutic and neuroprotective capabilities (Spelman et al., 2017). Several scientific studies have documented the medicinal or health beneficial effects of fruit bodies and mycelium of