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Table 2 Acid reversion assay on breakdown products from AFB₁-contaminated maize treated by P. ostreatus

From: Degradation of aflatoxin B₁ from naturally contaminated maize using the edible fungus Pleurotus ostreatus

Experiment no.	Time	Strain
Experiment no.	Time	N001	Pearl	Blue
1	Before	91.5 ± 2.3^a	88.4 ± 1.3^a	94.3 ± 1.0^a
1	After	80.8 ± 3.0^b	90.0 ± 1.7^a	88.8 ± 1.3^b
2	Before	84.1 ± 2.9^a	84.2 ± 1.3^b	94.4 ± 0.6^b
2	After	80.4 ± 3.8^a	91.3 ± 1.7^a	99.0 ± 0.8^a

Values represent the mean ± standard error. Values not followed by the same letter within columns of the same experiment are significantly different (p < 0.05) by Tukey’s HSD

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