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. 1996 Mar;12(1):41-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF03192079.

Natural occurrence of ochratoxin A and citrinin in food stuffs in Egypt

el-S A Abd Alla  1
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Natural occurrence of ochratoxin A and citrinin in food stuffs in Egypt

el-S A Abd Alla. Mycotoxin Res. 1996 Mar.

Abstract

Natural occurrence of ochratoxin A (OA) and citrinin in cereals (274 samples) and animal tissues (250 samples) have been investigated during a period of more than 2 years. OA was found in cereals and animal tissues while citrinin was found in cereals only. The highest level of OA (up to 80.0 μg/kg) was found in yellow corn, 52.8% of contaminated samples while respectively 55.9% and 39.4% of barley and rice samples were contaminated with citrinin, with the highest level up to 100.0 and 27.92 μg/kg for barley and rice respectively. The frequent contamination of animal kidney with OA (28% positive out of 150 tested) average concentration 12.33 μg/kg. 2% of liver and 4% of muscles tissue were observed.

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