Protein Determination Through Bradford’s Method of Nepalese Mushroom

Abstract

The Wild edible mushrooms are one of the most important non timber forest products. Due to its vigorous growth in the rainy season, delicious taste and nutritional value the mycophagus group consume them. In this paper an attempt has been made to determine the protein of these 35 species through Bradford's method. Among them thirty three species of wild mushroom collected from different altitude (200m - 4200m), phytogeographical habitat of central Nepal and two species Agaricus bisporous & Pleurotus sajorkaju cultivated sample from Balambu farm. The highest amount of protein 1.576mg/ml in Cantharellus subscibarius and least 0.131 mg/ml in Cordycep sinensis were found. Key words: Wild mushroom; Protein; Bradford's method. DOI: 10.3126/sw.v5i5.2662 Scientific World, Vol. 5, No. 5, July 2007 85-88