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RESEARCH NOTE: MYCOTOXINS IN FENNEL SEED
Author(s) -
MISRA NISHA,
BATRA SANGITA
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1987.tb00561.x
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , mycotoxin , biology , botany , food science , toxicology , chemistry , horticulture , chromatography
Ten samples of fennel seed from fields in India were examined for the presence ofaflatoxins B 1 , B 2 , G 1 and G 2 . Five of the samples were fluorescent or became fluorescent during a 12 month storage period. Only aflatoxins B 1 , B 2 and G 1 were identified. One nonfluorescent sample contained detectable aflatoxin B 1 after 12 months of storage.