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Screening of spices commonly marketed in India for natural occurrence of mycrotoxins
✍ Scribed by Jyoti Saxena; B.S. Mehrotra
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 419 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-1575
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✦ Synopsis
Fifteen marketed spices were screened for the mycotoxins aflatoxin, rubratoxin, ochratoxin A, citrinin, zearalenone, and sterigmatocystin. Samples of coriander and fennel were found to contain the largest number of positive samples and mycotoxins. Cinnamon, clove, yellow mustard, and Indian mustard did not contain detectable amounts of the mycotoxins tested. Aflatoxins were the most common contaminant in most of the samples; levels were higher than the prescribed limit for human consumption. The incidence ofthe other mycotoxins was considerably lower than that of aflatoxins. 0 1989 Academic Press. IK.