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Arsenic and Its Effect on Nutritional Properties of Oyster Mushrooms with Reference to Health Risk Assessment

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Arsenic (As) contamination is endemic in West Bengal, India. Arsenic exposure through mushroom is lethal to health. Pleurotus sp. is globally consumed as food for its medicinal and nutritional values. This study was performed to evaluate the arsenic accumulation in mushroom through arsenic biomagnified rice straw substrate in relation to health risk assessment. Arsenic concentrations were higher in P. ostreatus (12.577 mg/kg DW) and Pleurotus sp. (12.446 mg/kg DW) cultivated in arsenic biomagnified rice straw as compared with P. ostreatus (0.472 mg/kg DW) and Pleurotus sp. (0.434 mg/kg DW) cultivated in non-contaminant rice straw; respectively. The bio-concentration factor (BCF) value of arsenic was highest in stem at 3rd flush for both P. ostreatus and Pleurotus sp. The health risk index (HRI) based on dietary intake of these arsenic biomagnified mushrooms was found moderately higher in both the species, so higher intake of these mushrooms will put people at health risk.

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Authors are thankful to Dr. Debabrata Samanta, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science, CHRIST of Bengaluru, India, for the analysis and interpretation of data in the heatmap.

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This work was supported by the Oriental Institute of Science and Technology and School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University in the frame of our research program.

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  1. School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Ayan De, Deepanjan Mridha & Tarit Roychowdhury

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Molecular Informatics Laboratory, Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, 721102, India

    Bidyut Bandopadhyay & Anindya Sundar Panja

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De, A., Mridha, D., Bandopadhyay, B. et al. Arsenic and Its Effect on Nutritional Properties of Oyster Mushrooms with Reference to Health Risk Assessment. Biol Trace Elem Res 199, 1170–1178 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02224-6

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