Publications
| assessment of total aflatoxin level in red pepper obtained from istanbul. | aflatoxins (aspergillus flavus toxins (aft)) are biologically active secondary metabolites mostly produced by some aspergillus species that causes hepatotoxicity, teratogenicity, immunotoxicity, and cancers in human. the aim of this study is to determine the level of total aft in powdered red pepper in the retail markets in 40 district of istanbul using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. of the 36 unpacked powdered red pepper samples, 32 samples (88%) contained aft in the range of 0.2-106.4 µg/k ... | 2013 | 22851524 |
| ochratoxin a in red pepper flakes commercialised in turkey. | the aim of this study was to investigate the presence of ochratoxin a (ota) in red pepper flakes commercialised in turkey. a total of 75 samples were collected from different supermarkets and traditional bazaars in istanbul during 2012-2013. ota analysis was performed by high-performance liquid chromatography equipped with fluorescence detection after immunoaffinity column clean-up. the method was linear in the range 0.05-40 μg kg(-1) (r(2) = 0.9997). twenty-seven out of 31 (87.1%) packed red pe ... | 2016 | 26600093 |