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Aflatoxin distribution in fines and meats from decorticated cottonseed
Author(s) -
Lee L. S.,
Koltun S. P.,
Buco S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02666581
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , cottonseed meal , cottonseed , food science , meal , chemistry , toxin , cottonseed oil , mycotoxin , soybean meal , raw material , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Abstract Nine samples of fuzzy cottonseed potentially high in aflatoxin were separated into hulls, fines and meats. Assays for aflatoxin on triplicate 50‐g portions from fines (small, dry particles of kernels) and meats from each of the nine samples indicated a marked concentration of toxin in the fines. On average, there was a 17‐fold difference between the aflatoxin content of the fines and that of the meats; the average toxin level in fines was 4024 μg/kg and that in the meat samples was 232 μg/kg. These results indicate a potential for marked reduction in aflatoxin content of processed cottonseed meal by physical removal of fines from meats after dehulling and before processing of meats into oil and meal.