Nutritional component analysis of wild strain of Catathelasma ventricosum from Shennongjia Forest Region
Catathelasma ventricosum is a fungus with high nutritional value.In this paper,the wild fruit body of Catathelasma ventricosum collected from Shennongjia Forest Region in Hubei Province was used to determine the specific nutrients content,which providing basis for development and utilization of the fungus.The results showed that the Catathelasma ventricosum contained water,ash,crude polysaccharide,crude fat,crude protein,crude fiber,vitamin C and other nutrients,and their contents were as follows:90.81%,7.11%,29.44%,2.0%,20.90%,8.20%,and 0.812%.The fatty acids in Catathelasma ventricosum are mainly unsaturated fatty acids and contain major components such as linoleic acid and oleic acid.The fruit body is also rich in many amino acids,including 40.97%essential amino acids/total amino acids and 69.41%essential amino acids/non-essential amino acids,both of which are higher than that of the ideal protein pattern.While its sweet amino acids accounted for 30.01%of the total amino acids,and fresh amino acids accounted for 25.97%.In conclusion,Catathelasma ventricosum is a kind of edible fungus with low fat,high fiber,rich protein content,high polysaccharide content,and vitamin C content,which contains a variety of nutrients beneficial to human health and has the potential to be domesticated and promoted as an excellent edible fungus.