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Aflatoxin Removal from Pistachio Nuts by Natural Natrolite
Author(s) -
Fooladi M.H.,
Farahnaky A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb09629.x
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , food science , chemistry , slurry , materials science , composite material
Natrolite was used to explore a physical and safe method to decontaminate aflatoxin‐containing pistachio lots. Pistachio nuts with low, medium, and high levels of aflatoxin were subjected to a washing process with a slurry of 5% natrolite. Using thin‐layer chromatography and scanning, the aflatoxin contents of the samples were measured. Aflatoxins B 1 and B 2 were found in pistachio nuts. The majority of total aflatoxins was aflatoxin B 1 Natrolite treatment resulted in a 38% to 100% reduction in aflatoxin B 1 , depending on the initial aflatoxin level. Although natrolite was demonstrated to be an effective candidate to reduce aflatoxin B 1 , its efficacy against aflatoxin B 2 was limited.