Determination of Amino Acids and Other Nutritious Components in Lactarius deliciosus

The amino acids and other nutritious components in the fruitbody of Lactarius deliciosus were determined. The results showed that there are 17 kinds of amino acids in the mushroom cover and 16 kinds in mushroom stem. The two parts of the mushroom contain 24-17% and 19.03% of crude protein in which 36.75% and 35.95% of amino acid are essential amino acids, 6.84% and 5.02% of crude fat, 11.52% and 15.26% of crude fiber, 37.41% and 23.89% of total sugar, and 7.42% and 5.28% of ash respectively. The mushroom contain La, Fe, Zn, Cu, and Mn five trace elements also in which the content of Fe is the highest which amount to 0.168% in the two parts of the mushroom, respectively.