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Mineral Element Levels in Wild Edible Mushrooms from Yunnan, China

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Ten species of wild edible mushrooms (Boletus griseus, Boletus speciosus, Lactarius hygrophoroides, Leucopaxillus giganteus, Macrocybe gigantea, Melanoleuca arcuata, Morchella deliciosa, Mycena haematopus, Pulveroboletus ravenelii, and Tricholoma matsutake) collected from Yunnan province of China, were analyzed for ten mineral elements (calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium, and zinc) contents using ICP-AES. The minimum and maximum element contents of mushrooms were determined as milligrams per kilograms dry weight for Ca (38–470), Cr (0.45–6.3), Co (0.29–2.3), Cu (13–58), Fe (22–510), Mg (84–550), Mn (1.4–70), K (1,300–4,600), Na (190–670), and Zn (16–160). The mushrooms species with the highest levels of mineral elements were B. griseus for K and Na, P. ravenelii for Cu, M. deliciosa for Mn, L. giganteus for Cr and Fe, M. gigantea for Ca, Mg and Zn, T. matsutake for Co. These results demonstrate that the mineral element contents in mushrooms are considerably species dependent and affected by environmental factors.

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This work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project no. 31160409), the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (project no. 209118) and the Yunnan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (project no. 2011FZ195, 2011FB053).

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  1. Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, China

    Honggao Liu

  2. Institute of Medicinal Plants, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 650223, Kunming, China

    Ji Zhang & Yuanzhong Wang

  3. Yuxi Normal University, 653100, Yuxi, China

    Tao Li & Yundong Shi

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Liu, H., Zhang, J., Li, T. et al. Mineral Element Levels in Wild Edible Mushrooms from Yunnan, China. Biol Trace Elem Res 147, 341–345 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-012-9321-0

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