Awareness and Prevalence of Mycotoxin Contamination in Selected Nigerian Fermented Foods

Fermented food samples (n = 191) including maize gruel (ogi), sorghum gruel (ogi-baba), melon seed (ogiri), locust bean (iru) and African oil bean seed (ugba) from Southwest Nigeria were quantified for 23 mycotoxins, including aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), fumonisin B1 (FB1), and sterigmatocystin (STE) using...

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Main Authors: Ifeoluwa Adekoya, Patrick Njobeh, Adewale Obadina, Cynthia Chilaka, Sheila Okoth, Marthe De Boevre, Sarah De Saeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Toxins
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/11/363