Table 3
Ochratoxin A (OTA) reduction on grape juice by living yeast cells. Yeast cells were inocu-
lated in 25 mL of grape juice artificially amended with OTA (20 ng/mL) and incubated in
the dark at 25 °C under constant agitation (100 rpm) for 8 days, then juice and cell pellets
were separated to measure OTA reduction and adsorption, respectively. Results obtained
from HPLC analysis are expressed as ng/mL of OTA ± standard error, and referred to the
initial volume of 25 mL. Values in each column followed by one (P ≤ 0.05) or two
(P ≤ 0.01) asterisks are significantly different from inoculated control according to
Dunnett's test.