College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Kirkuk discussed a master dissertation on detecting of mycotoxins contaminated with nuts in the local markets in the governorate by the postgraduate student, Mrs. Zina Najm El-Din Nour El-Din.

The dissertation reviewed the isolation and diagnosis of fungi contaminated with six types of nuts (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, field pistachios and pistachios) and conducting an analysis of the genetic tree of local fungal isolates and comparing them with fungi diagnosed and registered in the National Center for Biotechnology Information).

The dissertation highlighted that the concentration of aflatoxin B1 in all samples exceeded the permissible limit for human consumption, at a time when the concentration of ochratoxin A toxins in field pistachios and pistachios exceeded the permissible limit for human consumption, while its concentration in almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts was within the permissible limits for human consumption. by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FAD).

The dissertation recommended the necessity of conducting a periodic examination of nuts in the local markets, estimating their content of mycotoxins, and deterioration of the contaminated ones, and emphasizing the observance of ideal storage conditions.