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

Mustafa Tuzen, Ertugrul Sesli, Mustafa Soylak*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)806-810
Number of pages5
JournalFood Control
Volume18
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2007
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Miss. S. Demirel for his help on in the experiments. The authors are grateful for the financial support of the TUBITAK (Project No: 104 T 448).

Keywords

  • Atomic absorption spectrometry
  • East Black Sea region - Turkey
  • Mushroom
  • Trace elements

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science

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