Journal
FOOD ADDITIVES & CONTAMINANTS PART B-SURVEILLANCE
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 103-110Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2018.1433239
Keywords
Aflatoxin B1; ochratoxin A; zearalenone; sorghum; incidence; HPLC-FLD
Funding
- Tunisian government [U12E503]
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A total of 64 samples of sorghum (37 Tunisian sorghum samples and 27 Egyptian sorghum samples) were collected during 2011-2012 from markets in Tunisia. Samples were analysed for contamination with aflatoxin B1, ochratoxin A and zearalenone by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Fluorescence Detection (HPLC-FLD). Aflatoxin B1 was found in 38 samples in the range 0.03-31.7 mu g kg(-1). Ochratoxin A was detected in 24 samples with concentrations ranging from 1.04 to 27.8 mu g kg(-1). Zearalenone was detected in 21 samples and the concentration varied between 3.7 and 64.5 mu g kg(-1). ANOVA analysis of the influence of the country of origin on the incidence and concentration of mycotoxins in the samples studied showed no significant difference (P>0.05) between the two batches of samples for each of the three mycotoxins studied. The studied mycotoxins contaminate sorghum and may also co-exist because of the diversity of the mycobiota in this cereal.
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