Table 6.
Changes in the content of aflatoxins dur ing storage of starter kimchi contaminated with aflatoxins (Unit: μg/kg)

Aflatoxins Samples Storage periods (week)
0 2 4 6 8
B1 A1) ND2) ND ND ND ND
B 6.20±0.01aC3) 6.60±0.02cD 5.68±0.01cB 5.28±0.02bA 6.16±0.01aC
C 6.86±0.01bD 5.59±0.04bC 5.07±0.00aB 5.00±0.01aA 6.90±0.02bD
D 7.28±0.01cE 5.29±0.02aA 5.65±0.00bB 5.87±0.00cC 6.19±0.00aD
B2 A ND ND ND ND ND
B 8.20±0.01aD 8.86±0.01bE 7.19±0.01bC 7.05±0.01bB 7.01±0.01aA
C 9.19±0.02bE 7.54±0.03aC 6.37±0.02aA 6.96±0.03aB 7.72±0.02bD
D 9.65±0.01cE 7.54±0.03aC 7.25±0.01cB 8.18±0.03cD 7.04±0.01aA
G1 A ND ND ND ND ND
B 6.84±0.00aD 7.28±0.05cE 5.83±0.01cB 5.17±0.03bA 6.69±0.01aC
C 7.91±0.04bE 5.35±0.06aC 5.13±0.02aB 5.02±0.01aA 7.46±0.01bD
D 8.81±0.02cD 5.90±0.02bB 5.52±0.05bA 5.92±0.02cB 6.59±0.08aC
G2 A ND ND ND ND ND
B 5.96±0.01aD 6.18±0.03cE 4.91±0.01cB 4.32±0.01aA 5.49±0.05cC
C 6.61±0.02bE 4.61±0.03aD 4.32±0.02aB 4.44±0.00bC 4.02±0.02bA
D 7.52±0.01cE 5.29±0.03bC 4.66±0.02bB 5.40±0.00cD 3.69±0.01aA
Total A ND ND ND ND ND
B 27.21±0.02aE 26.90±0.06cD 23.61±0.02cB 21.82±0.01bA 25.35±0.04bC
C 30.57±0.09bE 23.46±0.09aC 20.90±0.02aA 21.43±0.03aB 26.10±0.00cD
D 33.26±0.06cD 25.30±0.10bC 23.08±0.07bA 25.38±0.01cC 23.51±0.10aB
A, Control; B, Kimchi contaminated with aflatoxins (AFs); C, Kimchi contaminated with aflatoxins+inoculated Lac. plantarum (AFs+LP); D, Kimchi contaminated with aflatoxins+inoculated Leu. mesenteriods (AFs+LM).
ND, Not detected.
Any means in the same column (a-d) or row (A-E) followed by different letters are significantly (p<0.05) different by Duncan’s multiple range test.