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Lithium biofortification of medicinal mushrooms Agrocybe cylindracea and Hericium erinaceus

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Although an increase in dietary lithium (Li) has been suggested as a possible method for mood stabilization and for decreasing violence and suicidal rates, no Li-enriched food has entered the market. Here we continue to explore the feasibility of mushrooms in this respect and have investigated the growth, accumulation and mineral content (Ca, K, Mg and Na) of Agrocybe cylidracea and Hericium erinaceus cultivated on substrates supplemented with 0.25–1.0 mM of Li as acetate or chloride. As demonstrated, supplementation with LiCl yielded more satisfactory results, did not alter mushroom biomass, appearance, shape or size regardless of Li concentration. It also had no significant effect on mineral composition and resulted in a concentration-dependent uptake of Li and its accumulation in fruiting bodies. More promising results were found for H. erinaceus. As calculated, consumption of 100 g dw of its fruiting bodies obtained from cultivation with 1.0 mM of Li (as acetate or chloride) would constitute 69% of the provisional recommended dietary daily intake of Li set at 1.0 mg. The study highlights that H. erinaceus could be selected for further studies on Li-enriched food that concern the bioavailability of Li from mushrooms, their safety and activity in animal experimental models and eventually, human studies.

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Piotr Rzymski is supported by the Foundation for Polish Science within the “Start” Program (091.2016).

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  1. Department of Environmental Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

    Piotr Rzymski & Barbara Poniedziałek

  2. Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland

    Przemysław Niedzielski

  3. Department of Chemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland

    Mirosław Mleczek, Sylwia Budzyńska & Monika Gąsecka

  4. Department of Vegetable Crops, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland

    Marek Siwulski & Monika Gąsecka

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Rzymski, P., Niedzielski, P., Siwulski, M. et al. Lithium biofortification of medicinal mushrooms Agrocybe cylindracea and Hericium erinaceus . J Food Sci Technol 54, 2387–2393 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-017-2679-4

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