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Selenite Gives Oyster Mushrooms the Most Selenium

Selenite Gives Oyster Mushrooms the Most Selenium

Oyster mushroom

What they found

Selenite produced the highest selenium levels in oyster mushrooms and improved antioxidant capacity.

Selenite produced the highest selenium levels in oyster mushrooms and improved antioxidant capacity.

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Pleurotus geesteranus

Pleurotus geesteranus

Compound

selenium (selenite)

selenium (selenite)

Published in

ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect

Covered in Shroom Scan

Section

GROWING & GOURMET

GROWING & GOURMET

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Boosting Selenium

Boosting Selenium

Researchers enriched oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus geesteranus) with selenium using three different compounds. One form—selenite—led to the highest selenium levels in the fruiting bodies, improving both antioxidant capacity and nutritional value.

Researchers enriched oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus geesteranus) with selenium using three different compounds. One form—selenite—led to the highest selenium levels in the fruiting bodies, improving both antioxidant capacity and nutritional value.

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