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Mineral element content in prized matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake) collected in China

Tao Li, Ji Zhang, Tao Shen, Yun-Dong Shi, Shao-Bing Yang, Ting Zhang, Jie-Qing Li, Yuan-Zhong Wang, and Hong-Gao Liu

Yuxi Normal University, 134 Fenghuang Road, 650223, Yuxi, China

E-mail: yzwang1981@126.com

Abstract: The contents of Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, and Zn in fruiting bodies of the highly-prized matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake) from twelve widely separated sites in Southwest China were determined using AAS. The results for dried mushrooms showed that the mean contents (mg kg⁻¹) of the determined elements decreased in the following order: K (440–2000), Na (150–740), Ca (90–850), Mg (90–680), Zn (20–180), Fe (13–78), Cu (0.34–45), Mn (0.09–7.6).

Keywords: wild edible mushroom – Tricholoma matsutake – mineral composition

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-013-0353-5

Chemical Papers 67 (6) 672–676 (2013)