| Literature DB >> 11322699 |
H M Joosten1, J Goetz, A Pittet, M Schellenberg, P Bucheli.
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Robusta coffee cherries collected before and during sun drying from two coffee farms in Thailand were examined for moulds producing ochratoxin A (OA). Aspergillus ochraceus was only detected in one sample, whereas Aspergillus carbonarius was isolated from 7 out of 14 samples. On gamma-irradiated coffee cherries, each of the six tested A. carbonarius strains produced OA. More than 4800 microg kg(-1) of toxin were detected under optimal conditions (25 degrees C, a(w) 0.99). OA production was strongly reduced (230 microg kg(-1)) at an a(w) of 0.94.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11322699 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(00)00506-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Food Microbiol ISSN: 0168-1605 Impact factor: 5.277