Study on Solid-State Fermentation Tea Produced by <i>Antrodia camphorate</i> with Taizishen (<i>Pseudostellariae</i><i> heterophylla</i>)

Abstract

Taizishen and A.camphoratewere used respectively as primary medium and fermentation strain to obtain solid-fermentation tea in this paper. A.camphoratewere inoculated into the optimal medium with Taizishen’s powder of 90%, glucose of 3 %, soybean flour of 6 % and gypsum powder for food of 1 %, and cultured at 26 °C. The fermentation procedure was ended on three days after the mycelia of A.camphorategrowing all over the medium. The content of crude polysaccharides, total triterpenoids and amino acids were 12.03 %, 3.67 % and 4.6 % respectively in the solid-fermentation tea. The tea soup possessed good colour, special fruity from A.camphorate, mellow and full of taste.