Duman, Ahmet DoganKadioglu, Cemil2024-09-182024-09-1820211018-46191610-2304https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/11436Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a naturally-occurring mycotoxin in agricultural products posing a significant health risks worldwide. This work was conducted to investigate OTA in Turkish freek wheats with some quality parameters as determined by an HPLC system. To our knowledge, this is the first study on Turkish freek wheats. A total of 50 samples of freek wheat (green, milk stage) produced in Hatay province of Turkey were studied in terms of OTA content and some quality features. The study included sampling, sample preparation, toxin extraction and toxin analysis by HPLC-FLD. Recovery (87.8-96.0%) and reproducibility (RSD<12) of the technique fulfilled the standards of the European Commission (EC) regulation No.401/2006 for the specification of the mycotoxins in food commodities. Analytical sensitivity was determined as 0.005 ng/ml-1. It was determined that OTA was not in detectable limits for all analyzed samples and none of the samples exceeded the EC regulation values.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessOcratoxin AGreen WheatHPLCOccurrenceQualityArticle30101120511212WOS:000704955000021Q4