Artigo Revisado por pares

Aflatoxins contamination in spices and processed spice products commercialized in Korea

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 107; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.08.049

ISSN

1873-7072

Autores

Sung‐Il Cho, Chun‐Sing Lee, M JANG, Y SON, Shoei‐Sheng Lee, In‐Hag Choi, Seung Hyun Kim, Dong‐Ho Kim,

Tópico(s)

Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety

Resumo

A survey for total aflatoxins (aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2) was conducted on 88 spices and processed spice products commercialized in Korea. The presence of aflatoxins was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detector using immunoaffinity column clean-up. Total aflatoxins (AFs) are detected in 12 samples (13.6% of incidence) including seven red pepper powder, two red pepper pastes (Kochujang), two curry and one ginger product. The contamination levels are 0.08–4.45 μg/kg as aflatoxin B1 and 0.08–4.66 μg/kg as AFs. The liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) analysis on contaminated samples was conducted for the confirmation of detected aflatoxins. The 12 samples which showed aflatoxins by HPLC/FLD were confirmed as aflatoxins by LC–MS/MS.

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