Occurance of Aflatoxins (AFs) in Corn and Peanut in Damietta Governorate, Egypt
Hasballah, A., Abou Donia, M., Hegazy, T., Ibrahim, M. (2015). Occurance of Aflatoxins (AFs) in Corn and Peanut in Damietta Governorate, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 5(1), 73-81. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2015.194467
Amany F. Hasballah; M. A. Abou Donia; Talaat A. Hegazy; M. S. Ibrahim. "Occurance of Aflatoxins (AFs) in Corn and Peanut in Damietta Governorate, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 5, 1, 2015, 73-81. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2015.194467
Hasballah, A., Abou Donia, M., Hegazy, T., Ibrahim, M. (2015). 'Occurance of Aflatoxins (AFs) in Corn and Peanut in Damietta Governorate, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 5(1), pp. 73-81. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2015.194467
Hasballah, A., Abou Donia, M., Hegazy, T., Ibrahim, M. Occurance of Aflatoxins (AFs) in Corn and Peanut in Damietta Governorate, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 5(1): 73-81. doi: 10.21608/sjdfs.2015.194467

Occurance of Aflatoxins (AFs) in Corn and Peanut in Damietta Governorate, Egypt

Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science
Volume 5, Issue 1, December 2015, Page 73-81  XML PDF (506.23 K)
Document Type: Original articles
DOI: 10.21608/sjdfs.2015.194467
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Authors
Amany F. Hasballah1; M. A. Abou Donia2; Talaat A. Hegazy1; M. S. Ibrahim email 3
1Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
2Food Contaminants and Toxicology Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
3Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt.
Abstract
Eighty random samples of corn and peanut that were purchased from different regions in Damietta Governorate (July 2010 to July 2011) were analyzed for aflatoxin (AFs) by HPLC and screened for the presence of fungi. Total count of fungi in corn ranged from 24 to 62 colony/g, the corn samples were found to be contaminated with six species of fungi belong to four genera; Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium  and Alternaria.  The Aspergillus group was the most prevalent fungi in all examined samples, within these species, A. niger, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. ochraceus and A. terreus, in addition to Fusarium equiseti species. On the other hand, peanut samples were contaminated with eleven  species belong to five genera, A. flavus, A. parasiticus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, A. ochraceus, A. terreus, Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium nigricans, Alternaria alternate , Mucor sp., and Chaetomium sp. The total fungal count ranged from 48 to 73 colony/g peanut sample.  AFs were detected in corn and peanut and its total concentrations ranged from 2.030 to 6.003±1.6 µg/kg and 4.23 to 5.69 µg/kg, respectively. This study concluded that the AFs level in the corn and peanut in the collected samples were below permissible levels.
Keywords
Aflatoxins; HPLC; corn; peanut; Fungi
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