| Title |
Macro and trace mineral constituents and radionuclides in mushrooms: health benefits and risks
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00253-012-4552-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jerzy Falandysz, Jan Borovička |
| Abstract |
This article reviews and updates data on macro and trace elements and radionuclides in edible wild-grown and cultivated mushrooms. A huge biodiversity of mushrooms and spread of certain species over different continents makes the study on their multi-element constituents highly challenging. A few edible mushrooms are widely cultivated and efforts are on to employ them (largely Agaricus spp., Pleurotus spp., and Lentinula edodes) in the production of selenium-enriched food (mushrooms) or nutraceuticals (by using mycelia) and less on species used by traditional medicine, e.g., Ganoderma lucidum. There are also attempts to enrich mushrooms with other elements than Se and a good example is enrichment with lithium. Since minerals of nutritional value are common constituents of mushrooms collected from natural habitats, the problem is however their co-occurrence with some hazardous elements including Cd, Pb, Hg, Ag, As, and radionuclides. Discussed is also the problem of erroneous data on mineral compounds determined in mushrooms. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Poland | 2 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 246 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 38 | 15% |
| Researcher | 30 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 42 | 17% |
| Unknown | 80 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 55 | 22% |
| Environmental Science | 23 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 6% |
| Engineering | 14 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 45 | 18% |
| Unknown | 91 | 36% |
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