Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A contamination in rice,corn and corn products from Punjab,Pakistan |
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| Authors: | Saima Majeed Mazhar Iqbal Muhammad Rafique Asi Shahzad Zafar Iqbal |
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| Institution: | 1. National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad 38950, Pakistan;2. Food Toxicology Lab., Plant Protection Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad 38950, Pakistan;3. Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;4. Food Safety Research Centre (FOSREC), Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | In present study, a total of 275 retail cereal samples including rice, corn and corn products was analyzed for the presence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A (OTA) using HPLC equipped with a fluorescence detector. The data has shown that 38 out of 68 samples of rice, 37/105 of corn and 43/102 samples of corn products have been found contaminated with AFs, average level of AFB1 and total AFs, 8.23 and 19.54, 7.90 and 12.08, and 5.47 and 7.85 μg/kg, respectively. Furthermore, 34, 28 and 26 numbers of rice, corn and corn product samples were found to be contaminated with OTA with an average level of 12.94, 5.29 and 3.69 μg/kg, respectively. The samples of rice, corn and corn products found above the permissible European Union (EU) limit for AFB1 and total AFs were 18, 13 and 14 and 28, 14 and 20%, respectively; however, the samples of rice, corn and corn products above the EU limit were 40, 14 and 15%, respectively. |
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| Keywords: | Aflatoxins Ochratoxin A Rice Corn and corn products |
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