Awareness and Prevalence of Mycotoxin Contamination in Selected Nigerian Fermented Foods.

ABSTRACT: Fermented food samples (n = 191) including maize gruel (ogi), sorghum gruel (ogi-baba), melon seed (ogiri), locust bean (iru) and African oil bean seed (ugba) from Southwest Nigeria were quantified for 23 mycotoxins, including aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁), fumonisin B₁ (FB₁), and sterigmatocystin (STE) using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The practices, perceived understanding and health risks related to fungal and mycotoxin contamination amongst fermented food sellers was also established. Data obtained revealed that 82% of the samples had mycotoxins occurring singly or in combination. FB₁ was present in 83% of ogi-baba samples, whereas 20% of ugba samples contained AFB₁ (range: 3 to 36 µg/kg) and STE was present in 29% of the ogi samples. In terms of multi-mycotoxin contamination

SUBMITTER: Adekoya I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5705978 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature