Aflatoxin contents in 12 types of herbal teas were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detector using immunoaffinity column clean-up. Forty eight samples were collected from four local herbal shops in Manisa, Turkey. Of the 48 samples analyzed, 43 were aflatoxin positive. The highest concentration of aflatoxin (34.18 µg/kg) was determined in a sample of camomile tea. The occurrence of AFB1, B2, G1 and G2 was found in samples at levels of 54, 29, 71 and 46 %, respectively. Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 contamination levels varied from 0 to 14.2, 0 to 12.4, 0 to 13.5 and 0 to 28.7 µg/kg, respectively. Aflatoxin was not detected in five samples consisting of linseed, lime and fennel tea.
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Tosun, H., Ergönül, P. G., & Üçok, E. F. (2016). Occurrence of aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) in herbal tea consumed in Turkey. Journal Fur Verbraucherschutz Und Lebensmittelsicherheit, 11(3), 265–269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00003-016-1032-6
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