Novel Arsenic Markers for Discriminating Wild and Cultivated Cordyceps.

ABSTRACT: Ophiocordyceps sinensis has been utilized in China and adjacent countries for thousands of years as a rare functional food to promote health and treat diverse chronic diseases. In recent years, adulterants are usually identified in the processed products of wild O. sinensis. However, the effective adulteration examination has to be additionally performed except their routine test, and accordingly is time- and money-consuming. Recently, arsenic determination has become a necessary test for confirming whether the concentrations of inorganic arsenic are over the O. sinensis limit. In this work, the contents of total arsenic and As species in cultivated O. sinensis, Cordyceps militaris, and other edible fungi were determined by ICP-MS and HPLC-ICP-MS. The results su

SUBMITTER: Guo LX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278644 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature