Abstract
Soaking and boiling whole wheat kernels in water are the key steps in the preparation of an Egyptian dish called 'balila'. The effects of washing, soaking and boiling wheat kernels in tap water or in 0.1 M Na2CO3 solution on the deoxynivalenol (DON) content of the wheat kernels were studied. Boiling contaminated wheat kernels in water reduced the DON content of the grain by 70%. The mechanism of decontamination due to boiling is probably a leaching of DON out of the grain into the boiling medium. A combined treatment of soaking in 0.1 M Na2CO3 solution (pH 11) with subsequent boiling reduced the DON content of the grain by 93%. Data suggest that apart from leaching DON out of the kernels into the boiling medium, a degradation of DON occurred in alkaline medium. Modifying the traditional process of 'balila' preparation by using Na2CO3 solution may be useful to reduce the risk of mycotoxin exposure via 'balila'.
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Claim · model-written summary
Boiling contaminated wheat kernels in water reduced the DON content of the grain by 70%.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- Boiling contaminated wheat kernels in watere1
- Outcome
- DON content of the graine1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 70%e1
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Verbatim
e1“Boiling contaminated wheat kernels in water reduced the DON content of the grain by 70%”
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking in 0.1 M Na2CO3 solution (pH 11) followed by boiling reduced the DON content of the grain by 93%.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- soaking in 0.1 M Na2CO3 solution (pH 11) with subsequent boilinge2
- Outcome
- DON content of the graine2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Value
- 93%e2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“contaminated wheat grain”
e2“A combined treatment of soaking in 0.1 M Na2CO3 solution (pH 11) with subsequent boiling reduced the DON content of the grain by 93%”
Claim · model-written summary
The decontamination due to boiling is probably leaching of DON out of the grain into the boiling medium.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- boilinge1
- Compound
- DONe1
- Outcome
- decontamination due to boilinge1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“contaminated wheat grain”
e1“The mechanism of decontamination due to boiling is probably a leaching of DON out of the grain into the boiling medium”
Claim · model-written summary
Data suggest that a degradation of DON occurred in alkaline medium.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- alkaline mediume3
- Compound
- DONe3
- Outcome
- degradation of DONe3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“contaminated wheat grain”
e3“Data suggest that apart from leaching DON out of the kernels into the boiling medium, a degradation of DON occurred in alkaline medium”
Claim · model-written summary
Using Na2CO3 solution in the traditional balila preparation may reduce the risk of mycotoxin exposure.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- using Na2CO3 solutione4
- Outcome
- reduce the risk of mycotoxin exposuree4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“contaminated wheat grain”
e4“Modifying the traditional process of 'balila' preparation by using Na2CO3 solution may be useful to reduce the risk of mycotoxin exposure via 'balila'”
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