01.01.09
Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Spartanburg, SC, has acquired an option to license an invention entitled “Rapid Generation of Vitamin D2 from Mushrooms and Fungi Using Pulsed UV-light” from The Penn State Research Foundation (PSRF). Scientists at the Pennsylvania State University recently studied the effect of Pulsed UV light treatment on increasing vitamin D2 levels in four commonly consumed U.S. mushroom varieties. Pulsed UV light is a technology that delivers energy from light at a high peak power in a short amount of time. This study demonstrated that after a very short exposure time of about one second (system generates three pulses per second) the vitamin D2 content of these mushroom varieties increased from very little to upwards of 800% of the daily value per serving. Total Nutraceutical Solutions will facilitate further research on the use of pulsed UV light in mushroom products and support clinical studies into the application of these nutritional products in the prevention of disease.
