Abstract
Mycoflora of 75 cans of different batches and brands of pistachio nuts purchased in the Sultanate of Oman was studied. A number of fungi were isolated, with percentages of contaminated nuts [average between brands ] as follows: Aspergillus niger 14.8%, Penicillium spp. 13.6%, A flavus 9.7%, A nidulans 1.6%, and < l % for Cladosporium cladosporoides, Alternaria alternata , A ochraceeus and Ulocadium consortiale. Significant differences were found among the batches and brands contaminated by A flavus. A flatoxin B, was found only in one sample out of 1.5 assayed at a level of 2 ug/kg.
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- DOI
- 10.24200/squjs.vol3iss0pp1-6
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 3, 1
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
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- CC BY 4.0
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APA 7
Elshafie, A. E., & AL-Shally, N. S. (1998). Mycoflora and Mycotoxigenic Moulds of Pistachio Nuts for Human Consumption in the Sultanate of Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 3, 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol3iss0pp1-6
MLA 9
Elshafie, Abdulkadir E., and N. S. AL-Shally. "Mycoflora and Mycotoxigenic Moulds of Pistachio Nuts for Human Consumption in the Sultanate of Oman." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 3, 1998, pp. 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol3iss0pp1-6.
Chicago (author–date)
Elshafie, Abdulkadir E., and N. S. AL-Shally. 1998. "Mycoflora and Mycotoxigenic Moulds of Pistachio Nuts for Human Consumption in the Sultanate of Oman." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 3: 1. https://doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol3iss0pp1-6.
Harvard
Elshafie, A. E. and AL-Shally, N. S. (1998) 'Mycoflora and Mycotoxigenic Moulds of Pistachio Nuts for Human Consumption in the Sultanate of Oman', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 3, pp. 1. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol3iss0pp1-6.
Vancouver
Elshafie AE, AL-Shally NS. Mycoflora and Mycotoxigenic Moulds of Pistachio Nuts for Human Consumption in the Sultanate of Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 1998;3:1. doi:10.24200/squjs.vol3iss0pp1-6
IEEE
A. E. Elshafie, and N. S. AL-Shally, "Mycoflora and Mycotoxigenic Moulds of Pistachio Nuts for Human Consumption in the Sultanate of Oman," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 3, pp. 1, 1998, doi: 10.24200/squjs.vol3iss0pp1-6.