Ran, C. and Fei, M and PeiWu, Li and Zhang, W. (2014) Effect of ozone on aflatoxins detoxification and nutritional quality of peanuts. Food Chemistry, 146. pp. 284-288.
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Abstract
Aflatoxins are a group of secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus with carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, and mutagenicity. Aflatoxins may be found in a wide range of agriproducts, especially in grains, oilseeds, corns, and peanuts. In this study, the conditions for detoxifying peanuts by ozonation were optimised. Aflatoxins in peanuts at moisture content of 5% (w/w) were sensitive to ozone and easily degraded when reacted with 6.0 mg/l of ozone for 30 min at room temperature. The detoxification rates of the total aflatoxins and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) were 65.8% and 65.9%, respectively. The quality of peanut samples was also evaluated in this research. No significant differences (P > 0.05) were found in the polyphenols, resveratrol, acid value (AV), and peroxide value (PV) between treated and untreated samples. The results suggested that ozonation was a promising method for aflatoxin detoxification in peanuts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aflatoxin, Detoxification, Ozonation, Peanut, Nutritional quality |
| Author Affiliation: | Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Wuhan, China |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | Groundnut |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2015 07:46 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2015 07:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14026 |
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