[Fecal excretion of cadmium and copper after mushroom (Agaricus) diet (author's transl)]

Z Lebensm Unters Forsch. 1980 Sep;171(3):189-92. doi: 10.1007/BF01042648.
[Article in German]

Abstract

High contents of cadmium in some agaricus species led to the warning that the eating of wild-grown mushrooms may bear the possibility of cadmium-intoxication. The low digestion rate due to the chitin membrane of fungi was not discussed. Therefore, in this investigation the cadmium- and copper-concentrations in feces of five subjects were estimated before and after a three days mushrooms diet. The high amount of fecal cadmium and copper increasing after the diet confirm the suggestion, that eaten fungi mostly pass through the intestinal tract unscathed without resorption. By this even larger ingestions of agaricus fungi may not cause cadmium intoxication in humans.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Basidiomycota*
  • Cadmium / analysis*
  • Copper / analysis*
  • Feces / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Absorption

Substances

  • Cadmium
  • Copper