20.500.12556/RUL-132341 Mycotoxin decontamination efficacy of atmospheric pressure air plasma Mycotoxins, the toxic secondary metabolites of mould species, are a growing global concern, rendering almost 25% of all food produced unfit for human or animal consumption, thus placing immense pressure on the food supply chain. Cold Atmospheric pressure Plasma (CAP) represents a promising, low-cost, and environmentally friendly means to degrade mycotoxins with negligible effect on the quality of food products. Despite this promise, the study of CAP-mediated mycotoxin degradation has been limited to a small subset of the vast number of mycotoxins that plague the food supply chain. This study explores the degradation of aflatoxins, trichothecenes, fumonisins, and zearalenone using CAP generated in ambient air. CAP treatment was found to reduce aflatoxins by 93%, trichothecenes by 90%, fumonisins by 93%, and zearalenone by 100% after 8 minutes exposure. To demonstrate the potential of CAP-mediated mycotoxin degradation against more conventional methods, its efficiency was compared against ultraviolet C (UVC) light irradiation. In all cases, CAP was found to be considerably more efficient than UVC, with aflatoxin G$_1$ and zearalenone being completely degraded, levels that could not be achieved using UVC irradiation. mycotoxins cold atmospheric pressure plasma decontamination true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2021-10-22 08:29:03 2021-10-22 08:29:04 2022-09-12 04:11:59 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2019 0 0 12 str. iss. 4, art. 219 Vol. 11 2019 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 533 2072-6651 10.3390/toxins11040219 32409895 RAZ_Hojnik_Natasa_2019.pdf RAZ_Hojnik_Natasa_2019.pdf 1 EBE1AF8FE0233FE265ED41DD2AD4FCFB 17e960d490dcb2a4d37354627530ef9f7150cc1027c3123913e6f954eac45061 a0a42035-3301-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=149958 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/11/4/219 0 9425eab0-3301-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=149957 Veterinarska fakulteta 0 0 0