Claim · model-written summary
Nutmeg water activity was 0.48.
- Taxon
- Nutmeg
Myristica fragranst0 - Outcome
- awe0
- Value
- 0.48e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“aw 0.48”
t0“Nutmeg”
Title
Detection and Quantification of Mycotoxins in Turmeric, Cloves, And Nutmeg
Joy Anderson; Austin A. Okwelle Iconic Research and Engineering Journals 2026. doi:10.64388/irev9i10-1716867
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Observation Turmeric moisture content was 8.5%.
- Observation Turmeric water activity was 0.52.
- Observation Turmeric pH was 5.5.
- Observation Clove moisture content was 10.0%.
- Observation Clove water activity was 0.58.
- Observation Clove pH was 6.2.
- Observation Nutmeg moisture content was 7.2%.
- Observation Nutmeg pH was 6.5.
- Observation Aflatoxin B₁ was 5.0 µg/kg in turmeric.
- Observation Aflatoxin B₁ was 6.3 µg/kg in cloves.
- Observation Aflatoxin B₁ was 3.9 µg/kg in nutmeg.
- Observation Ochratoxin A was 2.0 µg/kg in turmeric.
- Observation Ochratoxin A was 2.8 µg/kg in cloves.
- Observation Ochratoxin A was 1.4 µg/kg in nutmeg.
- Observation Other aflatoxins occurred at trace levels of 0.3–1.6 µg/kg.
- Observation Turmeric aflatoxin B₁ rose from 4.8 to 6.5 µg/kg after three months at 25 °C and 50% RH.
- Observation Turmeric aflatoxin B₁ reached 8.2 µg/kg at 35 °C and 70% RH.
- Observation Ochratoxin A reached 10.5 µg/kg at 45 °C and 90% RH.
- Observation Cloves and nutmeg showed similar mycotoxin increases under storage.