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The Distribution of Aflatoxins during Corn Dry Milling Process
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: Received: 2 October 2022 / Approved: 12 October 2022 / Online: 12 October 2022 (10:26:50 CEST)
How to cite: Ramezani, M. The Distribution of Aflatoxins during Corn Dry Milling Process. Preprints 2022, 2022100174. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0174.v1 Ramezani, M. The Distribution of Aflatoxins during Corn Dry Milling Process. Preprints 2022, 2022100174. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0174.v1
Abstract
Background: Aflatoxins (AFs) as toxic compounds are widely spread. They are frequent contaminants of crops that are produced by fungi species. Corn is of crops that widely used in the corn dry milling process; a four-step procedure comprises grain handling and milling, liquefaction and saccharification, fermentation, and co-product recovery that produces ethanol and animal feed. However, it is possible that corn as a feed for dry milling process might be contaminated with AFs. Therefore, monitoring AFs in during widespread this process results having a better understanding of the fate of AFs. Methods: In this study, a sample of corn kernel was contaminated with a high level of AFs using Aspergillus parasiticus. Then, the corn flour comprising 23400.5 µg/kg of the total level of aflatoxins (AFT), was hydrolyzed by enzymes and acid for ethanol fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Also, the level of AFs was monitored during ethanol fermentation process. Results: The results showed that AFs did not detect in the ethanol produced through fermentation and it was safe. Also, during the experiments, the AFT level reduced by 58.5 and 95.7% for the ethanol fermentation with simultaneous saccharification and fermentation and ethanol production with acidic hydrolysis, respectively. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that highly contaminated corn with AFs can be used for ethanol fermentation through dry milling process and the produced ethanol was safe.
Keywords
fermentation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; flour; ethanol
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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