Claim · model-written summary
A. niger from turmeric was the highest ochratoxin producer at 3.6 ppb.
- Taxon
- turmeric
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Curcuma longae0 - Interactor
- A. niger
Aspergillus nigere0other - Outcome
- highest producer for OTse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 3.6 ppbe0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“A. niger from turmeric was the highest producer for OTs 3.6 ppb”
Title
Detection of mycobiota, aflatoxigenic and ochratoxigenic genes, and cytotoxic ability in spices
Eman Gamal Abd Elnaser El‐Dawy; Asmaa Sabry Yassein; Ahmed Hussein El‐Said Food Science & Nutrition 2019. doi:10.1002/fsn3.1113
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation The survey recovered 46 fungal species from spices.
- Observation Aspergillus flavus and A. niger were the prevalent fungi in the spices.
- Observation Aflatoxins and ochratoxins were detected in some samples and isolates.
- Observation Cumin had the highest aflatoxin concentration at 8.2 ppb.
- Observation Ginger had ochratoxin occurrence of 6.7 ppb.
- Observation A. flavus from ginger produced a maximum aflatoxin concentration of 7.5 ppb.
- Observation omt-A and Aopks genes were found in all tested A. flavus isolates.
- Observation omt-A and Aopks genes were found in two of four A. niger isolates.