Determination of Mould and Aflatoxin Contamination in Tarhana, a Turkish Fermented Food

Tarhana is a popular traditional Turkish cereal-based fermented food product mainly produced at home or at home-scale level. Some certain mould species can grow even at low moisture and pH values and produce aflatoxins in food. This study was conducted to determine aflatoksin levels in tarhana. For...

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Autores principales: Colak, Hilal, Hampikyan, Hamparsun, Bingol, Enver Baris, Cetin, Omer, Akhan, Meryem, Turgay, Sumeyre Ipek
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Scientific World Journal 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3349127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22623886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/218679
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author Colak, Hilal
Hampikyan, Hamparsun
Bingol, Enver Baris
Cetin, Omer
Akhan, Meryem
Turgay, Sumeyre Ipek
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Hampikyan, Hamparsun
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description Tarhana is a popular traditional Turkish cereal-based fermented food product mainly produced at home or at home-scale level. Some certain mould species can grow even at low moisture and pH values and produce aflatoxins in food. This study was conducted to determine aflatoksin levels in tarhana. For this purpose, a total of 138 tarhana powder samples were collected from bazaars in Istanbul and analyzed for aflatoxins, mould contamination, and some physco-chemical parameters. As a result, 32 out of 138 tarhana samples (23.2%) were found to be contaminated with aflatoxins in the range of 0.7–16.8 μg/kg, whereas 29 samples contained Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) ranging from 0.2–13.2 μg/kg. All samples (100%) contaminated with moulds in the range of 1.4 × 10(1) –5.8 × 10(7)cfu/g. The average pH, moisture and a(w) results were detected as 3.82, 12.71%, and 0.695, respectively.
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spelling pubmed-33491272012-05-23 Determination of Mould and Aflatoxin Contamination in Tarhana, a Turkish Fermented Food Colak, Hilal Hampikyan, Hamparsun Bingol, Enver Baris Cetin, Omer Akhan, Meryem Turgay, Sumeyre Ipek ScientificWorldJournal Research Article Tarhana is a popular traditional Turkish cereal-based fermented food product mainly produced at home or at home-scale level. Some certain mould species can grow even at low moisture and pH values and produce aflatoxins in food. This study was conducted to determine aflatoksin levels in tarhana. For this purpose, a total of 138 tarhana powder samples were collected from bazaars in Istanbul and analyzed for aflatoxins, mould contamination, and some physco-chemical parameters. As a result, 32 out of 138 tarhana samples (23.2%) were found to be contaminated with aflatoxins in the range of 0.7–16.8 μg/kg, whereas 29 samples contained Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) ranging from 0.2–13.2 μg/kg. All samples (100%) contaminated with moulds in the range of 1.4 × 10(1) –5.8 × 10(7)cfu/g. The average pH, moisture and a(w) results were detected as 3.82, 12.71%, and 0.695, respectively. The Scientific World Journal 2012-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3349127/ /pubmed/22623886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/218679 Text en Copyright © 2012 Hilal Colak et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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