Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 106, Issue 2, Pages 597-602Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.06.018
Keywords
edible mushrooms; wild mushrooms; lipids; fatty acid composition; linoleic acid; India
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Twenty-three species of naturally grown and collected mushroom fruiting bodies, from different geographic locations of India, were analysed for their total fat and fatty acid contents. On a dry weight basis, the mushroom species were found to contain 0.6-4.7% total fat. The mushroom species were high in unsaturated fatty acids (52-87%), compared to saturated fatty acids. Oleic acid was the major monounsaturated fatty acid in all the species studied, while linoleic acid was the major polyunsaturated fatty acid. Linolenic acid was in significant quantity in Hydnum repandum and Macrolepiota procera. Linoleic:oleic acid ratios of the mushroom species varied considerably (0.48-10.58). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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