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Prevalence of Aflatoxigenic Fungi in Cereal Grains And Their Related Chemical Metabolites

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Analytical chemistry

Abstract

Aflatoxins (AFs) are chemical compounds with high toxic impacts produced by Aspergillus section Flavi. Toxigenic fungi contaminate foods and feed, thus presenting biological and chemical contamination resulting in health issues. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the prevalence of toxigenic fungi in several cereal grains collected from different Egyptian governorates, as well as to evaluate the ability of toxigenic fungi to produce AFs using coconut agar medium (CAM), thin-layer chromatography (TLC), and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Results revealed that Aspergillus spp. were the predominant fungi in barley, white corn, yellow corn, and rice samples, followed by Penicillium spp. Data also showed that barley, white corn, yellow corn, and rice obtained from Alexandria governorate were highly contaminated, whereas wheat obtained from Beheira governorate was highly contaminated. On studying the ability of A. parasiticus, and A. flavus to produce AFs on CAM, 63.15% of the fungal isolates gave different blue and green fluorescence densities under a UV lamp at the reverse sides of the CAM plates. The fungal isolates showing fluorescence were further determined using TLC, whereas twenty-two fungal isolates were tested positive for the AFs production. The HPLC analyses revealed that twenty-one out of twenty-two fungal isolates produced four AF types of AFs. Detectable aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) concentrations ranged between 0.02 and 875.03 ng/g; 0.07 and 13.55 ng/g for aflatoxin B2 (AFB2); 0.06 and 2.85 ng/g for aflatoxin G1 (AFG1); and 0.71 and 89.29 ng/g for aflatoxin G2 (AFG2). These results indicated the importance of a control system to regulate fungal and mycotoxin production in grains before their consumption or manufacturing to limit AFs contamination.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.122494.5487

Keywords

Aspergillus spp, Aflatoxins, coconut agar medium, TLC, HPLC

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Abdel-Nasser

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Affiliation

Food Toxicology & Contaminants Dept., Food Industry & Nutrition Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

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ayaabdelnasser85@gmail.com

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First Name

Hayam

Last Name

Fathy

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Agricultural Microbiology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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hayaeslam@yahoo.com

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Badr

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Affiliation

Food Toxicology & Contaminants Dept., Food Industries & Nutrition Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

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noohbadr@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-5588-6545

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Hathout

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-

Affiliation

Food Toxicology & Contaminant Dept., Food Industry & Nutrition Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Email

amalhathout@gmail.com

City

Egypt

Orcid

0000-0001-5098-355X

First Name

Olfat

Last Name

Barakat

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

Agricultural Microbiology Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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olfat2006@gmail.com

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Volume

65

Article Issue

10

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34864

Issue Date

2022-10-01

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2022-02-18

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2022-10-01

Page Start

455

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470

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0449-2285

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2357-0245

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of Aflatoxigenic Fungi in Cereal Grains And Their Related Chemical Metabolites

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22 Jan 2023