Research Article

Mineral Composition of Four Edible Mushrooms

Table 2

Trace element concentrations (mg/100 g on dry weight basis) in four species of mushrooms.

Elements Lentinula edodes Lentinus cladopus Pleurotus floridaPleurotus djamor

Iron 1 4 . 8 ± 2 . 3 3 5 . 3 ± 3 . 5 5 6 . 2 7 ± 0 . 4 1 1 4 . 8 ± 0 . 9 1
Zinc 9 . 4 4 ± 0 . 2 4 1 . 5 8 ± 0 . 2 1 5 . 0 6 ± 0 . 0 4 9 . 2 1 ± 0 . 0 3
Copper 1 . 4 8 ± 0 . 0 3 0 . 9 7 ± 0 . 0 1 1 . 0 6 ± 0 . 0 6 1 . 4 5 ± 0 . 0 8
Manganese 1 . 0 0 ± 0 . 3 2 0 . 5 4 ± 0 . 0 1 0 . 6 2 ± 0 . 0 3 1 . 1 2 ± 0 . 0 3
Selenium 0 . 1 8 2 ± 0 . 0 1 0 . 1 9 ± 0 . 0 1 0 . 0 4 8 ± 0 . 0 2 0 . 1 1 ± 0 . 0 4

Each value is the mean of three replicate determinations ± standard deviation.