ANALYSIS OF THE NUTRITIONAL, MYCOFLORA AND AFLATOXIN CONTENT OF RAW AND SUN DRIED PLANTAIN.
OMOROGIUWA, L. AND ENABULELE, S. A.
ABSTRACT
Plantain is an important food source in Nigeria, and could also be a source of human exposure to microbial toxins, particularly aflatoxin. The current study was therefore aimed at investigating the nutritional, mycoflora and aflatoxin contents of raw and sundried plantain. Total heterotrophic fungi count, enumeration and identification of aflatoxigenic fungi were done using established microbiological procedures. Mineral analysis was done using Jenway digital flame photometer, aflatoxin was detected…