Fungal Contamination and Aflatoxins Content of Dry Raisins Fruits in Sana'a City, Republic of Yemen

Saeed Munassar Alghalibi; M. G. Battah; Maysoon Abdulrahman Al-Zubairy

Corpus ID: 82736580

Fungal Contamination and Aflatoxins Content of Dry Raisins Fruits in Sana'a City, Republic of Yemen

@article{Alghalibi2008FungalCA,
  title={Fungal Contamination and Aflatoxins Content of Dry Raisins Fruits in Sana'a City, Republic of Yemen},
  author={Saeed Munassar Alghalibi and M. G. Battah and Maysoon Abdulrahman Al-Zubairy},
  journal={Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research},
  year={2008},
  volume={26},
  pages={41-48}
}

Saeed Munassar Alghalibi, M. G. Battah, Maysoon Abdulrahman Al-Zubairy

Published 2008

Biology

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

This study was designed to study the mycoflora and aflatoxin content of dry raisins in Yemen Republic. Thirty six raisin samples collected from different shops and markets in Sana'a city were analyzed mycologically for the presence of fungi. A total of forty eight species belonging to 20 genera were recovered from the analyzed raisins samples on three cultural media. Aspergillus was the most dominant genera on the three type of media, of which A. niger was the most common species. A. flavus was… CONTINUE READING