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. 2017 Oct 5;12(10):e0185887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185887

Table 4. Beer samples with confirmed aflatoxin contaminations (μg/L).

Combined Style Sample Number Craft Country %ABV Screening 6-plex immunoassay (n = 3) Confirmatory analysis LC-MS/MS (n = 1)
average range SD AFB1 AFB2 AFM1
African Traditional 421 yes South Africa ? nd nd nd 0.1 <LOD <LOD
African Traditional 423 yes South Africa ? nd nd nd 1.21 0.2 0.1
African Traditional 429 yes South Africa ? nd nd nd 1.0 0.1 <LOD
African Traditional 452 yes South Africa ? nd nd nd 0.2 0.1 <LOD
Pale Lager 280 no Zimbabwe 5 nd nd nd 0.2 <LOD <LOD

n = number of replicates, %ABV = percentage alcohol by volume, SD = standard deviation, nd = not detected,

1 Value is above the upper quantification limit,

? = %ABV unknown, LOD = limit of detection, AFB1 (aflatoxin B1), AFB2 (aflatoxin B2), AFM1 (aflatoxin M1)