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Stability of Aflatoxin B 1 in Aqueous Solutions
Author(s) -
Wei RuDong,
Lee ShiuhSheng
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.196900023
Subject(s) - chemistry , aflatoxin , chloroform , aqueous solution , methanol , thin layer chromatography , chromatography , decomposition , absorption (acoustics) , analytical chemistry (journal) , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , food science , physics , acoustics
Stability of aflatoxin B 1 in aqueous solutions at different temperatures and p H values was studied by thin‐layer chromatography and fluorodensitometric measurements. The rate of deterioration was found to be increased with increasing temperature and also by changing p H from neutral to alkaline or acid. In acidic buffers the aflatoxin was converted to a new fluorescent product which has much lower R f value than aflatoxin B 1 itself when chromatographed on silica gel thin‐layer plates developed with chloroform‐methanol(99:l, v / v ). The UV absorption spectrum of this decomposition product has been determined.