Method of inhibiting mycotoxin growth using Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles
AssigneeKing Faisal University
InventorsAbdallah Tageldein Mansour, Ahmed Saud Alsaqufi
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Abstract
A method of inhibiting mycotoxin growth in a site susceptible to mycotoxin contamination, comprising obtaining a Arthrospira platensis, reducing the Arthrospira platensis to nanoparticles, and dispensing the Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles to the site susceptible to mycotoxin growth. In an embodiment, the site vulnerable to mycotoxin contamination is an animal feed supply. In an embodiment, the site susceptible to mycotoxin contamination is wastewater. Use of the Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles efficiently inhibits or prevents mycotoxin contamination.
Claims6
Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles formed by a process comprising:
- obtaining a culture of Arthrospira platensis;
- drying the culture of Arthrospira platensis to obtain a dried culture of Arthrospira platensis;
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- reducing the dried culture to nanoparticle form to obtain the Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles,
- wherein the dried culture of Arthrospira platensis is reduced to nanoparticle form by grinding by ball milling to provide an average size of the Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles having an average size ranging from about 50 nm to about 100 nm.
Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles formed by a process comprising:
- obtaining a culture of Arthrospira platensis;
- drying the culture of Arthrospira platensis to obtain a dried culture of Arthrospira platensis;
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- grinding the dried culture of Arthrospira platensis to obtain Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles having a particle size less than about 100 nm.
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