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Contents
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Fungal Byproducts in Food Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Shubhi Singh and Smriti Gaur
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Fungal Production of Dietary Fibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Divya and Shashank Mishra
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GRAS Fungi: A New Horizon in Safer Food Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Nikita Singh and Smriti Gaur
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Fungi in Food Bioprocessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rekha Kumari, Shashank Mishra, and Ashish Sachan
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Fungal Productions of Biological Active Proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Gerardo Díaz-Godínez and Rubén Díaz
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Fungal Pectinases: Production and Applications
in Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hamizah Suhaimi, Daniel Joe Dailin, Roslinda Abd Malek,
Siti Zulaiha Hanapi, Kugan Kumar Ambehabati, Ho Chin Keat,
Shanmuga Prakasham, Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed, Mailin Misson,
and Hesham El Enshasy
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Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
by Fungal Biofactories and Their Application
in Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rishibha Gupta and Smriti Gaur
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Fungal Production of Food Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Archana Singh, Modhurima Misra, Shashank Mishra,
and Shashwati Ghosh Sachan
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Mushrooms as Edible Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Gerardo Díaz-Godínez and Maura Téllez-Téllez