Ochratoxin A in red pepper flakes commercialised in Turkey

Tosun A., Ozden S.

FOOD ADDITIVES & CONTAMINANTS PART B-SURVEILLANCE, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.46-50, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/19393210.2015.1121929
  • Dergi Adı: FOOD ADDITIVES & CONTAMINANTS PART B-SURVEILLANCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.46-50
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: immunoaffinity column, red pepper flakes, Ochratoxin A, HPLC-FLD, PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY, NATURAL OCCURRENCE, AFLATOXINS, COOCCURRENCE, CLEANUP, SPICES, MYCOTOXINS, PRODUCTS, FOOD
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Ochratoxin A (OTA) in red pepper flakes commercialised in Turkey. A total of 75 samples were collected from different supermarkets and traditional bazaars in Istanbul during 2012-2013. OTA analysis was performed by high-performance liquid chromatography equipped with fluorescence detection after immunoaffinity column clean-up. The method was linear in the range 0.05-40 mu gkg(-1) (r(2)=0.9997). Twenty-seven out of 31 (87.1%) packed red pepper flake samples contained OTA at concentrations ranging from 0.6 to 1.0 mu gkg(-1), whereas 100% of the unpacked red pepper flake samples contained OTA, in the range 1.1-31.7 mu gkg(-1). Overall, only 4 unpacked samples (5.3%) contained OTA, with a mean value of 23.4 mu gkg(-1), which is higher than the European Union limit. It is suggested that OTA content should be carefully considered in red pepper flake samples especially marketed in unpacked form.