| Pak. J. Bot., 38(3): 799-804, 2006. | Back to Contents | ||||
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME NATURALLY GROWING AND EDIBLE MUSHROOMS MUHSIN KONUK, AHMET AFYON*, AND DURSUN YAGIZ* Abstract: Water, dried material, pH, protein, ash, lipid, cellulose, non-cellulose
carbohydrate, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, P, Zn contents of 15 edible and
naturally growing mushrooms from Western Black Sea Region of Turkey
have been analysed. Both organic and inorganic elements were analysed
statistically by Pearson correlation analyse and some statistically
meaningful values were obtained among the data obtained. Chemical analysis
results also showed that mushrooms have large amount of protein and
minerals, but lipid concentration is very low. Biology Department, Science and Art Faculty, Afyon Kocatepe University, 03200 Afyon, Turkey. Department of Science Education, Education Faculty, Selcuk University, 42099- Konya, Turkey. |
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