Aflatoxin in Tunisian Aleppo Pine Nuts
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
- Vol. 60 (3) , 747-748
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/60.3.747
Abstract
Twenty-six of 50 Aleppo pine nut samples collected throughout Tunisia showed relatively high levels of contamination by aflatoxin. Some samples contained as much as 2000 ppb aflatoxin B1, and very few contained less than 100 ppb. Total aflatoxins as high as 7550 ppb were found. A traditional pudding, widely consumed in Tunisia, which was prepared from contaminated nuts still contained more than 80% of the aflatoxin originally present in the nuts.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: