title: Preliminary survey of aflatoxins and ochratoxin a in dried fruits from Iran.
abstract: Forty five dried fruits, 30 dried apricots and 15 prunes were tested for aflatoxins and ochratoxin A contamination utilizing immunoaffinity column clean up and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. 30% and 3.33% of examined apricot samples and 13.33% and 20% of examined prunes samples contained aflatoxin B(1) and ochratoxin A more than 0.2 ng g(-1). The average recoveries were found to be 91.1% and 98.5% for aflatoxin B(1) and ochratoxin A, respectively, while the detection limit was 0.2 ng g(-1) for both mycotoxins.
authors: Testa Quality Control Laboratory, North-East Food Industrial Technology and Biotechnology Park, P. O. Box 134-157/91895, Mashhad, Iran.
authors: Somayeh Sadat Fakoor
authors: SS
authors: Janati
authors: Hamed Reza
authors: HR
authors: Beheshti
authors: Mohamad
authors: M
authors: Asadi
authors: Samira
authors: S
authors: Mihanparast
authors: Javad
authors: J
authors: Feizy
mesh_terms: D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005504:Food Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D000348:Aflatoxins; D009793:Ochratoxins