The comparison of total fumonisin and total aflatoxin levels in biscuit and cookie samples in babol city, northern iran.
Fumonisins and aflatoxins are mycotoxins that are produced by Fusarium and Aspergillus genus respectively. Due to the toxicity of aflatoxin and fumonisin and its effects on human and animals' health, the purpose of this study was analysis of total fumonisin and total aflatoxin contamination in...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Fumonisins and aflatoxins are mycotoxins that are produced by Fusarium and Aspergillus genus respectively. Due to the toxicity of aflatoxin and fumonisin and its effects on human and animals' health, the purpose of this study was analysis of total fumonisin and total aflatoxin contamination in biscuit and cookie samples in Babol City, Northern Iran.Thirty biscuit (n=15) and cookie (n=15) samples were randomly collected at supermarkets in Babol City in winter 2011. Competitive ELISA was conducted for total fumonisin and total aflatoxin separately.Out of 30 biscuit and cookie samples, 28 (93.4%) samples were contaminated with 4ppm of total fumonisin. From 30 samples, 26 (86.7%) were contaminated with |
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