Mineral Contents of Two Wild Morels

Hacer Sibel Karapinar,Yasin Uzun,Fevzi Kiliçel

doi:10.30616/ajb.343318

Abstract

Mineral (Ni, Cu, Co, Zn, Cr, Mn, Mg, Cd, Fe, Ca and Pb) contents of two wild edible morels, Morchella deliciosa Fr. and Morchella elata Fr., which are collected and consumed in Gaziantep province, were determined by an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS). Although both of the morels contained considerable amounts of minerals, all the contents are in the range reported from Turkey.

Highlights

Fungi are an important group of organisms in nature and can be found almost everywhere in terrestrial ecosystems
Some of them with relatively large fruting bodies and varying degrees of edibility are known as mushrooms and have long been used as a source food for human in various cultures
Mushrooms are usually considered as valuable nutrient sources and many of them are recommended against health problems such as headache, colds, asthma, diabetes etc. (Kalač et al, 1991)

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Introduction

Fungi are an important group of organisms in nature and can be found almost everywhere in terrestrial ecosystems. Fruiting bodies of mushrooms are generally known to be rich in mineral contents (Vetter, 1990), because of the environmental factors such as amount of organic matter, pH and metal concentrations of underlying soil (Garcia et al, 1998). Due to such properties, mushrooms are thought to be used to evaluate the level of environmental pollution (Sesli and Tüzen, 1999). Mushrooms are thought to be used to evaluate the level of environmental pollution (Sesli and Tüzen, 1999) Minerals such as iron, copper, zinc and manganese are essential metals and play important roles in living systems (Tüzen et al, 2007), but they may be hazardous on human if they are taken above threshold concentrations (Olumuyiwa et al, 2007)

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