Kombucha tea mushroom in controlled release of bioactive compounds

摘要

Kombucha tea is a beverage long used in China and is attributed to have a number of features that promotes good health. It is produced by a group of microorganisms using tea and sugar. During fermentation a jellylike mushroom made up of cellulose is formed on the surface of the tea. Kombucha tea mushroom can also be produced by growing the microorganisms in waste water from vegetable, fruit or dairy industry. This mushroom is used as matrix to incorporate bioactive materials in controlled release of bioactive compounds. The Mushroom is oven dried and soaked in solutions of bioactive compounds or when fresh homogenised and mixed with active ingredients. This is then made into pellets or made into sheets and dried and used in pest control or delivery of medicine.