[Lead, nickel and manganese content in edible mushrooms]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2006 Jul-Sep;110(3):731-6.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

The mushrooms accumulate from environmental different kind of pollutants depend by their species, growth phase, and ecological category. For this reason we analysed 55 samples of mushrooms (39 species) with different type of edible proprieties, harvested from Suceava and Iaşi County. Samples dried to 105 degree C had been mineralised with nitric acid, by SAA in mineralised had been determined manganese, lead and nickel. From samples 52 (94.54%) contain manganese, 36 contain lead (65.45%) and 28 contain nickel (50.90%). Over 50% of samples contain the greatest quantity of metals in cap comparative with stalk. The highest quantity of metals had been determined in poor edible mushrooms. All samples contain lead over 3 mg/kg with maximum in Chalciporus piperatus (SV 3)--237.40, Clitopilus prunulus-(SV 2)--109.28. The most contaminated samples had been harvested from Rarău Mountainous-Valea Caselor and Bucium-Dobrovăţ Forest.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry*
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Lead / analysis*
  • Manganese / analysis*
  • Nickel / analysis*
  • Spectrophotometry, Atomic

Substances

  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Nickel