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An attempt to model the probability of growth and aflatoxin B1 production of Aspergillus flavus under non-isothermal conditions in pistachio nuts

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dc.creator Aldars García, Laila
dc.creator Ramos Girona, Antonio J.
dc.creator Sanchís Almenar, Vicente
dc.creator Marín Sillué, Sònia
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2025-11-03T12:14:52Z
dc.date.available 2025-11-03T12:14:52Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2015.05.013
dc.identifier 0740-0020
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/65763
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23865
dc.description Human exposure to aflatoxins in foods is of great concern. The aim of this work was to use predictive mycology as a strategy to mitigate the aflatoxin burden in pistachio nuts postharvest. The probability of growth and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) production of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus, isolated from pistachio nuts, under static and non-isothermal conditions was studied. Four theoretical temperature scenarios, including temperature levels observed in pistachio nuts during shipping and storage, were used. Two types of inoculum were included: a cocktail of 25 A. flavus isolates and a single isolate inoculum. Initial water activity was adjusted to 0.87. Logistic models, with temperature and time as explanatory variables, were fitted to the probability of growth and AFB1 production under a constant temperature. Subsequently, they were used to predict probabilities under non-isothermal scenarios, with levels of concordance from 90 to 100% in most of the cases. Furthermore, the presence of AFB1 in pistachio nuts could be correctly predicted in 70-81 % of the cases from a growth model developed in pistachio nuts, and in 67-81% of the cases from an AFB1 model developed in pistachio agar. The information obtained in the present work could be used by producers and processors to predict the time for AFB1 production by A. flavus on pistachio nuts during transport and storage.
dc.description The authors are grateful to the Agència de gestió d'ajuts universitaris i de recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR, grant 2014FI_B 00045), and to the Spanish Ministryof Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO, Project AGL2011-24862) for funding this work.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//AGL2011-24862/ES/APROXIMACION INTEGRADA A LA EXPOSICION HUMANA SIMULTANEA A OCRATOXINA A Y DEOXINIVALENOL/
dc.relation Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2015.05.013
dc.relation Food Microbiology, 2015, vol. 51, p. 117-129
dc.rights cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2015
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/es
dc.subject Predictive mycology
dc.subject Aspergillus flavus
dc.subject Food safety
dc.subject Pistachio
dc.title An attempt to model the probability of growth and aflatoxin B1 production of Aspergillus flavus under non-isothermal conditions in pistachio nuts
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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