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| Sabino,Myrna; Milanez,Thais Valéria; Lamardo,Leda Conceição Antonia; Inomata,Emiko Ikejiri; Zorzetto,Maria Ângela Pompeu; Navas,Sandra Aparecida; Stofer,Monica. |
| One hundred and thirty seven samples of peanuts and peanut containing foods were collected in markets in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, between January 1995 an December 1997. Most of the samples were collected by the Inspection Service of São Paulo Secretary of Health. The foods included raw peanuts, peanut candies ("paçoca" and "pé de moleque"), peanut butter, fried/roasted salted peanuts, "torrone", chocolate coated peanuts and salt-coated peanuts. The samples were analyzed for aflatoxins using a thin-layer chromatographic method. About 45% of the samples were positive for aflatoxins and 27% exceeded the limits of the Brazilian legislation (30.0 µg.kg-1 for aflatoxins B1+G1). The aflatoxins were confirmed by derivatization with trifluoroacetic acid. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aflatoxins; Peanuts; Peanut products; Thin-layer chromatography. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37141999000100016 |
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