Detection of penicillia, aspergilli and their toxins from dehydrated vegetables
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HARJEET KOUR* and GEETA SUMBALI
Keywords:
Dehydrated vegetables, mycoflora, patulin, citrininAbstract
A comparative investigation of mycoflora and associated mycotoxins was carried out from samples of dehydrated vegetables viz., brinjal, tomato, cauliflower, bottle gourd, turnip and bitter gourd. Among the mycoflora, Aspergillus species and their perfect states were the most dominant, followed by Penicillium species. Subsequent analysis for probable mycotoxins indicated the presence of patulin and citrinin in the samples of brinjal, tomato and turnip, whereas, only patulin was detected in bottle gourd and bitter gourd samples. Co-occurrence of citrinin and patulin was also detected in some of the tomato and turnip samples. In all these samples, amount of patulin detected was much higher than that of citrinin.
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