Linking soil health to human health: Arbuscular mycorrhizae play a key role in plant uptake of the antioxidant ergothioneine from soils

Societal Impact Statement Evidence has emerged that the antioxidant ergothioneine may be important in preventing many inflammatory diseases in humans. However, ergothioneine is not produced by humans or plants and is only made by fungi and some bacteria in soils. As such, humans get ergothioneine fr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joseph E. Carrara, Steven J. Lehotay, Alan R. Lightfield, Dongxiao Sun, John P. Richie Jr, Andrew H. Smith, Wade P. Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-05-01
Series:Plants, People, Planet
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10365