Research Article

Detection of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin A in Spices by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Table 5

The frequency of samples contaminated with mycotoxins based on culture results.

CultureOTAAFs
≤15 μg/kg>15 μg/kg≤10 μg/kg>10 μg/kg

Growth10 (17.2%)11 (50.0%)20 (31.3%)1 (6.3%)
No growth48 (82.8%)11 (50.0%)44 (68.8%)15 (93.8.0%)
Total58 (100.0%)22 (100.0%)64 (100.0%)16 (100.0%)