Trace element levels of mushroom species from East Black Sea region of Turkey

• Published in: Food control Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 806 - 810
• Main Authors: Tuzen, Mustafa, Sesli, Ertugrul, Soylak, Mustafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2007
• Subjects: Agaricus; Amanita; Atomic absorption spectrometry; chemical analysis; dietary minerals; East Black Sea region – Turkey; Entoloma; food analysis; fungi; furnaces; heavy metals; inedible fungi; Lycopersicon esculentum; microwave treatment; Mushroom; mushrooms; poisonous fungi; provenance; Trace elements; truffles (edible fungi); vegetable extracts; Turkey (country); Trace elements; East Black Sea region – Turkey; Mushroom; Atomic absorption spectrometry
• ISSN: 0956-7135; 1873-7129
• DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2006.04.003

The levels of trace metals of mushroom samples collected from East Black Sea region of Turkey were determined by flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion method. The accuracy of the method was corrected by standard reference material (NIST SRM 1573a Tomato Leaves). The contents of investigated trace metals in mushroom samples were found to be in the range of 18.9–64.8 μg/g for copper, 53.5–130 μg/g for manganese, 44.7–198 μg/g for zinc, 187–985 μg/g for iron, 0.54–10.8 μg/g for selenium and 0.9–2.5 μg/g for cadmium. Mushrooms species in the highest levels of trace elements were found Entoloma sinuatum for Cu and Zn, Leucoagaricus leucothites for Mn, Amanita pantherina for Fe and Se, Agaricus arvensis for Cd.