Table 4.

Occurrence of nine mycotoxins in edible vegetable oils.

Mycotoxin	Palm Oils (n = 50)			Corn Oils (n = 50)			Olive Oils (n = 50)
	No. of Positive Samples	Level (µg/kg)		No. of Positive Samples	Level (µg/kg)		No. of Positive Samples	Level (µg/kg)
		Range	Mean a		Range	Mean a		Range	Mean a
AFB1	27	0.20–0.37	0.25	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD
AFB2	6	0.44–1.05	0.70	0	<LOD	<LOD	18	1.11–2.32	1.76
AFG1	0	<LOD b	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD
AFG2	6	0.44–2.59	0.87	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD
OTA	11	0.42–0.48	0.44	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD
ZEA	0	<LOD	<LOD	5	49.16–69.13	60.33	12	29.17–208.54	116.33
BEA	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	20	0.23–0.92	0.30
FB1	0	<LOD	<LOD	8	5.69–9.68	7.27	2	17.25–57.79	37.52
FB2	0	<LOD	<LOD	42	32.64–101.41	62.55	11	13.25–71.42	24.27
Mycotoxin	Sunflower Oils (n = 50)			Soybean Oils (n = 50)			Rice Bran Oils (n = 50)
	No. of Positive Samples	Level (µg/kg)		No. of Positive Samples	Level (µg/kg)		No. of Positive Samples	Level (µg/kg)
		Range	Mean a		Range	Mean a		Range	Mean a
AFB1	4	0.13–0.15	0.14	20	0.21–0.27	0.22	26	0.27–0.49	0.31
AFB2	0	<LOD b	<LOD	10	0.35–0.48	0.41	1	0.58	0.58
AFG1	22	0.10–0.12	0.10	0	<LOD	<LOD	5	0.31–0.32	0.31
AFG2	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD
OTA	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	6	0.54–0.55	0.54
ZEA	0	<LOD	<LOD	1	59.31	59.31	0	<LOD	<LOD
BEA	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD
FB1	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD
FB2	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD	0	<LOD	<LOD

^a Mean concentrations were calculated from positive samples. ^b LOD, limit of detection.