Terfezia arenaria is a desert truffle native to the Mediterranean Basin region, highly appreciated for its nutritional and aromatic properties. Despite increasing interest in this truffle, T. not listed as an edible authorized trade European Union. Therefore, our objective was showcase arenaria’s chemical composition volatile profile. The analysis showed that good source of carbohydrates (67%),...

In this study, the amounts of dry matter, moisture, crude ash, protein, fat and organic matter in T. boudieri were determined to be 89.75, 10.25, 7.80, 20.13, 3.45 and 81.95% of the dry weight, respectively. The contents of mineral were: macronutrients (mg/g, dry wt) K 63.8, Ca 0.27 and Na 0.2; micronutrients (mg/kg, dry wt) Fe 1455.0, Zn 42.5, Mn 15.8 and Cu 30.1. Toxic elements such as Pb, Ni...

Terfezia boudieri Chatin (Scop.) Pers., is a famous macrofungus in the world as well as in Turkey for its pleasant aroma and flavour. People believe that this mushroom has some medicinal properties. Therefore, it is consumed as food and for medicinal purposes. Chloroform, acetone and methanol extracts of T. boudieri were tested to reveal its antimicrobial activity against four Gram-positive and...