Utilization of fruit peels to inhibit aflatoxins synthesis by aspergillus species: a biotreatment of two pulses cicer arietinum and vigna radiata for safe long–term storage

Aflatoxins are assembly of nutrition poisons which are lethal, cancer–causing metabolites mostly transmitted by specific strains of micromycetes. Aflatoxins are produced during storage of grains. Reduction of aflatoxins productions in chick pea (Cicer arietinum) and mung bean (Vigna radiata) was analyzed during stockpiling of selected cereals utilizing peels of Citrus sinensis and C. limon. For this reason, C. arietinum and V. radiata were inoculated with fungal spores and balanced out by lemon and orange peels powder by using various trials. Test samples were stored at 30°C for six months. Aflatoxins were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) which demonstrates that these natural products are intense preventer of aflatoxins production in pulses and show decrease of aflatoxins. Lemon peels showed maximum inhibition of 20% in chick pea than mung bean whereas orange peels showed more inhibition of 28% in mung bean than chickpea. (author)