In Vitro
Activity of Toxin Binders on Aflatoxin B1 in Poultry
Gastrointestinal Medium
Nihayet Fadime Yalcin1,
Tulay Avci1, Mehmet Kursat Isik2 and Halis
Oguz3*
1Toxicology Laboratory, Konya Veterinary Control
Institute, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Konya 42080,
Turkey; 2Research and Development Laboratory, Konya Food
and Agriculture University, Konya 42080, Turkey 3Department
of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk
University, Konya 42075, Turkey *Corresponding author:
halisoguz@selcuk.edu.tr
Abstract
The purpose of this
study was to determine the effectiveness of organic, inorganic and mixed toxin
binders (TB) commonly used in poultry feeds to bind aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in
in vitro conditions. A total of 20
TBs, which were commonly used in the poultry industry, were divided into three
groups as organic, inorganic and mix according to their
contents. For each TB was used in
in vitro poultry mediums both at pH 3 and 6.8 to represent proventriculus
and intestine of poultry, respectively. Control groups were
prepared from standard AFB1 and its dilutions; and the treatment groups were
prepared from TBs (10mg) and standard AFB1 and its
dilutions. After mixing and incubation periods, the samples (8 control, 6
organic, 6 inorganic and 8 mix) were analyzed in 4 replicates (2 for pH 3 and 2
for 6.8) by the method of Vicam aflatest method in HPLC-FLD after extraction and
filtration processes. The binding capacity of inorganic TBs was found to be the
highest, 98 and 93% at pH 3.0 and 6.8 while the organic TBs were the lowest, 40
and 45% at pH 3.0 and 6.8 respectively. Likewise, the binding capacity of mix
TBs to AFB1 was found 96 and 88% at pH 3.0 and 6.8 in
in vitro conditions. It was concluded that the
inorganic and mix TBs were found to be effective to bind AFB1 among the TBs and
could be applied to reduce the negative effects of AFB1 in poultry feeds. The
organic TBs were found to be not sufficient to bind AFB1.
To Cite This Article: Yalcin NF, Avci T, Isik MK and Oguz H, 2018. In vitro activity of toxin binders on aflatoxin B1 in poultry gastrointestinal
medium. Pak Vet J, 38(1): 61-65.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2018.012