Analytical methods for determination of mycotoxin in nuts and dried fruits

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of filamentous fungi, which contaminate plants and plant products and may causing serious risks for human and animal health. They can occur in various commodities, such as cereal grains, pulses, nuts, dried fruits, milk and dairy products, coffee and wines. Due to the significant health risks associated with the presence of mycotoxins in foods, it is important to establish analytical and detection techniques. Several existing analytical techniques, which offer flexible and broad-based methods of analysis and in some cases detection, have been discussed in this manuscript. This review manuscript discusses about some (i) classical methods available for mycotoxins analysis in nuts and dried fruits such as chromatographic methods: thin layer chromatography(TLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), capillary electrophoresis (CE), and (ii) immunochemical and rapid methods :such as enzyme-linked immunesorbent assay (ELISA), and some Indirect competitive immunoassay

Keywords:

mycotoxin , chromatographic methods , immunochemical methods , nut