Isolation of Fungal Species and Detection of Aflatoxin Fromsoy Milk Products using Elisa method
Author Affiliations
- 1Dept. of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, Lanao del Norte, PHILIPPINES
Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 2, Issue (5), Pages 45-48, May,10 (2013)
Abstract
Fungal species isolated from the two batches of five randomly selected commercial soy milk samples were identified and found to be species of Aspergillus and Fusarium which are known to produce toxins detrimental when consumed at high levels particularly aflatoxin. Aflatoxin contamination in milk and other dairy products has been a serious worldwide problem has resulted in serious food safety and economic implications for the agriculture industry. Unfortunately here in the Philippines, despite the evolving dairy industry, only few studies have made about aflatoxin contamination. The aim of the study was to examine presence of aflatoxin on the milk samples were fungal species of Aspergillus and Fusarium was isolated, using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) method. Milk sample 1 showed the highest amount of aflatoxin level with an average of 0.7 ppb. It exceeds the level of 0.5 ppb limit which was presented by the Food and Drug Administration in Table1. However, milk sample showed the lowest average amount of aflatoxin level with 0.6 ppb, but it still exceed the limit of 0.5 ppb. However, results must have to be first verified and analyzed to contribute to the additional information about the cases in aflatoxin contamination of milk products.
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