Fungal Contamination and FTIR-Based Metabolic Profiling of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Tea Sold in Katsina Metropolis, Nigeria
Findings confirm that tea sold in Katsina Metropolis harbours potentially mycotoxigenic Aspergillus species and demonstrate that combining conventional microbiology, molecular identification and FTIR fingerprinting can support rapid, complementary screening of tea for fungal food-safety hazards, but direct mycotoxin qu...