Authors: Cristiana Radulescu Claudia Stihi Gabriela Busuioc Anca Irina Gheboianu Ion V Popescu
Publish Date: 2010/04/20
Volume: 84, Issue: 5, Pages: 641-646
Abstract
The aim of this work was to determine the heavy metal content of the fruiting bodies of four species of wild edible mushrooms and their respective substrates The samples were collected from Dambovita County Romania at various distances from of a metal smelter to asses the concentration of Cr Mn Fe Ni Cu Zn Se and Cd in the wild edible mushrooms and their substrate using Energy Dispersive Xray Fluorescence EDXRF spectrometry together with Flame Atomic Absorption FAAS spectrometry A quantitative evaluation of the relationship of element uptake by mushrooms from substrate was made by calculating the coefficient accumulation Ka A high accumulation of Zn Ka range 101 to 201 was observed in mushrooms growing in the vicinity of the metal smelter
Keywords: