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Inhibition of aflatoxin B1 production by verbascoside and other olive polyphenols

In: World Mycotoxin Journal
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S.L. Bavaro Institute of Sciences of Food Production, ISPA-CNR, Via Amendola 122/0, 70126 Bari, Italy.

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I. D'Antuono Institute of Sciences of Food Production, ISPA-CNR, Via Amendola 122/0, 70126 Bari, Italy.

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G. Cozzi Institute of Sciences of Food Production, ISPA-CNR, Via Amendola 122/0, 70126 Bari, Italy.

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M. Haidukowski Institute of Sciences of Food Production, ISPA-CNR, Via Amendola 122/0, 70126 Bari, Italy.

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A. Cardinali Institute of Sciences of Food Production, ISPA-CNR, Via Amendola 122/0, 70126 Bari, Italy.

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In this study, the effects of pure olive phenolic compounds and olive mill wastewater (OMWW) (after membrane filtration treatments) onAspergillus flavus growth and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) production, were investigated. Five OMWWs coming from Greek (Lianolia, Koroneiki andAsprolia) and Italian (Cellina di Nardò andCoratina) olive oil cultivars, opportunely filtered using a membrane system, were added at two concentrations (5 and 15%) to growth medium, in order to evaluate their effect onA. flavus growth and AFB1 production. The OMWW fractions treatment, after 6 days of incubation, did not inhibit the fungal growth rate, but at 15% concentration significantly reduced the AFB1 production (ranging from 88 to 100%). A similar approach was used for caffeic acid, hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol and verbascoside, the major pure phenolic compounds identified in OMWW fractions. They were evaluated at increasing doses (10, 50 and 100 µg/ml) following both AFB1 production and fungal growth. At the highest concentration (100 µg/ml) all pure compounds showed a reduction of about 99% of AFB1 production without any influence on fungal growth. This is the first time in which OMWWs and their main phenolics were used in the treatments against AFB1 production. The results obtained could provide possible new strategies for preventing AFB1 food contamination using olive polyphenols and OMWW fractions with anti-aflatoxigenic effect, and permitting to harness in a sustainable way an olive oil by-product.

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