NPV3: A comparative study of different mycotoxin adsorbents against DON, T2 Toxin, Aflatoxins and Fumonisins production in maize flour.H Chefchaou, A Mzabi, M Tanghort, H Moussa, N Chami, F Chami and A Remmal.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of adsorbent based on a combination of clay and essential oils named NPV in vitro and in situ in reducing mycotoxins rate in maize of two experiments. The objective of the first experiment was to evaluate the adsorption of aflatoxins in vitro by five commercial binders and by NPV using an in vitro method that mimes the gastro-intestinal tract of pigs. The results showed that NPV had high adsorption efficiency for aflatoxins. In the second experiment, in situ actions of three adsorbing agents on mycotoxins production as well as the fungal growth in naturally contaminated maize flour were evaluated. A dose-dependent effect of adsorbents inclusion was observed on mycotoxin production.
The most important reduction of mycotoxins accumulation was observed with the NPV followed by Mycofix treatments. The results showed that NPV is the most effective adsorbent against fungal growth.
