Table 3.
Aflatoxin content according to source of sample and medicinal use
| TRIPLICATE BATCH POOL | AFLATOXIN (PPM) |
EDO STATE | ENUGU STATE | ANAMBRA STATE | OYO STATE | PLATEAU STATE |
| BATCH 1 ARTHRITIS |
B1 | 32.5* | 13.6 | ND | 23.8* | 38.0* |
| B2 | 8.1 | ND | ND | 15.4 | ND | |
| G1 | 3.9 | ND | ND | ND | ND | |
| BATCH 2 FERTILITY | B1 | 18.6* | 7.7 | 20.5* | 11.2 | ND |
| B2 | ND | ND | ND | 8.3 | ND | |
| G1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | |
| BATCH 3 MENOPAUSE |
B1 | 14.4 | 5.8 | 12.7 | ND | 2.5 |
| B2 | 6.4 | ND | ND | ND | ND | |
| G1 | 2.9 | ND | ND | ND | ND | |
| BATCH 4 TYPHOID FEVER |
B1 | 16.3* | 8.4 | ND | 17.0* | 9.8 |
| B2 | ND | 6.2 | ND | 10.6 | 4.2 | |
| G1 | ND | 3.3 | ND | ND | ND |
ND — NOT DETECTED
*
Unacceptable according to WHO standards (Patel et al. 2011).