The concentrations of fourteen mineral and trace elements (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Se, Ba, Co, Cu, V, Pb, Hg, Cd and As) were determined in Ganoderma Lucidum and their infusions consumed for medical purposes collected from Vietnam, China and some places in Korea. Concentrated acid digestion procedure was applied under optimized conditions for dissolution of these medicinal fungi. Element concentrations in these fungi and their infusions were then determined by ICP-AES. The mineral and trace element content of these samples and their infusions showed a wide variability. However, distribution of some elements in the infusions is not high.

• Thi Van Nguyen(Department of Oriental Medicine Industry Daegu Haany University)
• Moon Ki Park(Department of Oriental Medicine Industry Daegu Haany University) Corresponding Author