ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Monira R. Al-Othman1, Abeer R.M. Abd El-Aziz1 and Mohamed A. Mahmoud2
1Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 1145, Saudi Arabia.
2Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(Spl. Edn.: November):395-400
© The Author(s). 2013
Received: 02/09/2013 | Accepted: 27/10/2013 | Published: 30/11/2013
Abstract

Detection of Aflatoxins produced by 23 isolates Aspergillus flavus under UV light were isolated from eight samples of  hazelnuts . twelve isolates of A. flavus were positive for aflatoxin production, while eleven isolates were negative for fluorescence. Extraction of aflatoxin from shelled hazelnuts was then performed through high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), nine isolates were capable of producing different levels of aflatoxin B1 and B2 but two isolates failed to produce any amount of aflatoxin B1 or B2. The anti-aflatoxigenic effect of Cinnamon oil at 4% was examined. The highest levels of inhibition ranging from 68.9 to 81.6%  with isolate no H16 and H 10 respectively. five isolates were capable of producing aflatoxin G1 and G2, four isolates produced G2 only while three isolates failed to produce G1 or G2. Cinnamon oil at a concentration of 4% led to the highest levels of inhibition which ranged from 72.7 to 93.1%

Keywords

Antiaflatogenic, Cinnamon, Aspergillus flavus, Hazelnuts

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