Occurrence of aflatoxins in Turkish desserts, cheese helva and hosmerim


Aydin A., Aksu H., GÜNŞEN U., Mercan T., TAŞKANAL N.

ARCHIV FUR LEBENSMITTELHYGIENE, cilt.59, sa.1, ss.16-19, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2377/0003-925x-59-16
  • Dergi Adı: ARCHIV FUR LEBENSMITTELHYGIENE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.16-19
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A total of 100 cheese helva and hosmerim samples from 9 different producers in the Marmara Region of Turkey were analysed for aflatoxins by ELISA. The results were confirmed by HPLC/FLD. 8.0% of the samples were found to be positive for Total Aflatoxin by ELISA. The concentrations of Total Aflatoxin and Aflatoxin B-1 in cheese helva and hosmerim samples were in the range of 1.23-6.41 mu g/kg and 1.07-3.59 mu g/kg, respectively. By HPLC, only in one cheese helva (1%) sample Total AF could be detected at a concentration of 3.88 mu g/kg. The concentrations of the positive sample for AFB(1) and AFG(1) were 0.59 and 3.29 mu g/kg, respectively. This paper represents the first survey for the presence of aflatoxins in these traditional Turkish desserts.