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The study was conducted to evaluate the influence of extrusion operating conditions on the reduction of total and individual aflatoxins (B1 and B2) in corn-peanut flakes. Aflatoxin - contaminated corn and peanut were converted into flour separately and mixed in a proportion of 70 % corn and 30 % fully defattened peanut flour (FDPF).Corn-peanut extrudates and flakes were then produced at various combinations of feed moisture contents (17% and 21%,) barrel temperatures (140°C, 160°C and 180°C) and screw speeds (150 rpm,200 rpm and 250 rpm)in a double screw extruder under factorial design. The process parameters were recorded during the experiment.The total and individual aflatoxins were measured using a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) before and after extrusion. The collected data were then subjected to analysis of variance by SPSS statistical software. The results showed that the total aflatoxin was cut by more than 95% (from 583 ppb to 30 ppb) at constant (150) rpm while other parameters varying. Similarly, aflatoxins B1 and B2 decreased by nearly 93.8% (240 to 15 ppm) and 83.5% (23 to 3.8 ppb), respectively (P |
