Abstract
Aflatoxin was produced in both non-autoclaved and autoclaved Ivory Coast cocoa beans inoculated with Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999 under optimum laboratory growth conditions. Total aflatoxin levels ranged from 213 to 5597 ng/g substrate. Aflatoxin was quantitated by using high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Raw, non-autoclaved cocoa beans, also inoculated with aspergilli, produced 6359 ng aflatoxin/g substrate. Variation in aflatoxin production between bean varieties was observed. Total aflatoxin levels of 10,446 and 23,076 ng/g substrate were obtained on Ivory Coast beans inoculated with A. parasiticus NRRL 2999 and NRRL 3240, respectively. Aflatoxin production on Trinidad and Malaysian beans was 28 and 65 ng aflatoxin/g substrate. These data support previously reported low level natural aflatoxin contamination in cocoa.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Aflatoxin formed in inoculated Ivory Coast cocoa beans under laboratory conditions.
- Taxon
- cocoa beanse0
- Interactor
- Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999
Aspergillus parasiticuse0pathogen - Outcome
- Aflatoxine0
- Setting
- laboratory growth conditionse0
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Verbatim
e0“Aflatoxin was produced in both non-autoclaved and autoclaved Ivory Coast cocoa beans inoculated with Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999 under optimum laboratory growth conditions.”
Claim · model-written summary
Total aflatoxin in inoculated beans ranged from 213 to 5597 ng/g substrate.
Verbatim
e0“Total aflatoxin levels ranged from 213 to 5597 ng/g substrate.”
t0“Cocoa Beans”
Claim · model-written summary
Raw non-autoclaved inoculated cocoa beans produced 6359 ng aflatoxin/g substrate.
Verbatim
e0“Raw, non-autoclaved cocoa beans, also inoculated with aspergilli, produced 6359 ng aflatoxin/g substrate.”
Claim · model-written summary
Aflatoxin production varied between bean varieties.
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Variation in aflatoxin production between bean varieties was observed.”
t0“Cocoa Beans”
Claim · model-written summary
Ivory Coast beans inoculated with NRRL 2999 had 10,446 ng/g substrate total aflatoxin.
- Taxon
- Cocoa Beanst0
- Material
- Ivory Coast beanse0
- Interactor
- A. parasiticus NRRL 2999Aspergillus parasiticuse0pathogen
- Outcome
- Total aflatoxin levelse0
- Value
- 10,446e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total aflatoxin levels of 10,446 and 23,076 ng/g substrate were obtained on Ivory Coast beans inoculated with A. parasiticus NRRL 2999 and NRRL 3240, respectively.”
t0“Cocoa Beans”
Claim · model-written summary
Ivory Coast beans inoculated with NRRL 3240 had 23,076 ng/g substrate total aflatoxin.
Verbatim
e0“Total aflatoxin levels of 10,446 and 23,076 ng/g substrate were obtained on Ivory Coast beans inoculated with A. parasiticus NRRL 2999 and NRRL 3240, respectively.”
t0“Cocoa Beans”
Claim · model-written summary
Trinidad beans produced 28 ng aflatoxin/g substrate.
Verbatim
e0“Aflatoxin production on Trinidad and Malaysian beans was 28 and 65 ng aflatoxin/g substrate.”
t0“Cocoa Beans”
Claim · model-written summary
Malaysian beans produced 65 ng aflatoxin/g substrate.
Verbatim
e0“Aflatoxin production on Trinidad and Malaysian beans was 28 and 65 ng aflatoxin/g substrate.”
t0“Cocoa Beans”