Impact of different ultraviolet radiation on the ability to accumulate vitamin D2 and the composition of different mushroom strains

Vitamin accummulation potential of different mushrooms


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Authors

  • Shwet Kamal ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan
  • Siddhartha Proteem Saikia CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat- 785 006, Assam (India)
  • Anupam Barh Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun, India
  • Sudheer K Annepu ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun, India
  • Anuradha Srivastava ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan (H.P) – 173213
  • Ved Parkash Sharma ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan (H.P) – 173213
  • Radhika Kashyap ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan (H.P) – 173213
  • Marium Begum CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat- 785 006, Assam (India)
  • Anil Kumar ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan (H.P) – 173213

Keywords:

Mushrooms, vitamin D, UV radiation, proximate composition

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common nutritional and medical condition affecting more than 50 per cent of the world’s population. There are very few foods having vitamin D such as fatty fish, liver, eggs and some fortified foods. Mushrooms exposed to UV radiation are an excellent source of dietary vitamin D2. The study was conducted to see the Vitamin D accumulation potential of different strains of button, oyster, milky, shiitake, paddy straw and lion’s mane mushrooms upon UV light treatment for their potential use as vitamin D supplement. Four different UV treatments have been evaluated along with effect of sun light in this study. Post-harvest UV-B (209-310 nm) treatment for a period of two hours has resulted in significant increase of Vitamin D2 content (up to 300%) in all the tested strains of mushrooms with a maximum in Lentinula edodes (shiitake) and Hericium erinaceous (Lion’s Mane) mushroom.

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Submitted

2025-09-24

Published

2025-09-30

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Vol. 34 No. 1 (2025): Mushroom Research: An international Journal

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Kamal, S., Saikia, S. P., Barh, A., Annepu, S. K., Srivastava, A., Sharma, V. P., Kashyap, R., Begum, M., & Kumar, A. (2025). Impact of different ultraviolet radiation on the ability to accumulate vitamin D2 and the composition of different mushroom strains: Vitamin accummulation potential of different mushrooms. Mushroom Research, 34(1), 117-129. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/MR/article/view/172049