Preliminary communication
Trace Element Contents in the Edible Mushroom Boletus edulis Bull. ex Fries
Ivan Širić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0560-181X
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science and Technology Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Paula Žurga
; Instructional Institute of Public Health Primorsko-Goranska County, Krešimirova 52a, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Dalibor Barkić
Mladenka Malenica Staver
; University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology, Radmile Matejčić 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Study was carried out on the trace element concentrations of edible mushroom Boletus edulis from Gorski kotar, Croatia. Samples were collected between March and December 2013. The analyses were carried out by Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). The results showed that the values of the studied elements decreased in the order: Cu (13.01) > Se (12.25) > Mn (9.19) > Al (4.62) > Ag (2.34) > Hg (2.18) > Cd (1.22) > Ni (0.99) > Pb (0.79) > Sb (0.60) > As (0.41) > Ba (0.38) > Cr (0.22) > Co (0.07). The essential elements in fruiting bodies Boletus edulis were a considerably higher than those of toxic elements. The consumption of wild edible mushroom Boletus edulis from Gorski kotar is safe for human health.
Keywords
Boletus edulis; edible mushroom; consumption; human health
Hrčak ID:
156931
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Publication date:
28.4.2016.
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