Table 3b.
Concentration of aflatoxin types in different groundnut paste samples from different locations of Ghana.
| Sample | Concentrations of Aflatoxins (μg/kg) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | AFB1 | AFB2 | AFG1 | AFG2 | Total | |
| Groundnut paste | GPagom | 55.11 ± 0.32ef | 12.7 ± 0.98c | n.d | n.d | 67.72 ± 1.67e |
| GPBA2 | 78.20 ± 1.82c | 5.14 ± 0.32efg | n.d | n.d | 83.33 ± 2.12d | |
| GPcm | 65.43 ± 1.71de | 11.5 ± 1.22cd | 9.62 ± 0.24b | 2.45 ± 0.12a | 88.94 ± 3.24d | |
| GPNav | 25.23 ± 0.31hi | 2.53 ± 0.31fg | 1.62 ± 0.35c | n.d | 29.17 ± 0.95fgh | |
| GPTdi | 34.72 ± 2.82gh | 5.13 ± 0.24efg | n.d | n.d | 39.83 ± 3.01f | |
| GPketa | 2.41 ± 0.15k | 0.50 ± 0.03g | 1.02 ± 0.01c | n.d | 3.93 ± 0.22ij | |
| GPbibi | 74.15 ± 1.84cd | 9.6 ± 0.25cde | 32.13 ± 0.41a | n.d | 118.95 ± 2.51c | |
| GPcape | 9.93 ± 0.25jk | 2.97 ± 0.15fg | 2.61 ± 0.92c | n.d | 15.51 ± 1.30hij | |
| GPTam1 | 22.90 ± 0.35i | 7.33 ± 1.80def | n.d | n.d | 30.23 ± 2.15fgh | |
| GPAsafo | 175.33 ± 2.15a | 45.4 ± 2.25a | 7.57 ± 1.83b | 2.66 ± 0.71a | 230.63 ± 8.33a | |
| GPKane | 43.5 ± 0.51fg | 12.7 ± 0.9c | n.d | n.d | 56.3 ± 1.42e | |
| GPkojo | 16.72 ± 0.81ij | n.d | n.d | n.d | 16.7 ± 0.84ghi | |
| GPazugyr | 1.51 ± 0.06k | n.d | n.d | n.d | 1.51 ± 0.06j | |
| GPBolga | 5.19 ± 0.26jk | 0.69 ± 0.01g | n.d | n.d | 5.93 ± 0.27ij | |
| GPMakola | 5.96 ± 0.26jk | 1.78 ± 0.05g | n.d | n.d | 7.74 ± 0.32ij | |
| GPwow | 2.88 ± 0.12k | 0.59 ± 0.04g | n.d | n.d | 3.75 ± 0.6ij | |
| GPAgtime | 106.23 ± 7.21b | 29.8 ± 0.40b | n.d | n.d | 135.81 ± 2.12b | |
| GPAboa | 23.7 ± 0.39hi | 6.95 ± 0.33def | n.d | n.d | 30.65 ± 2.14fg | |
Means that do not share a letter are significantly different(P < 0.05) n.d- Not detected.