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Experimental Detoxification of Groundnut Meals containing Aflatoxin

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DURING work involving sterilization by autoclaving of groundnut meals containing aflatoxin, the hepatotoxic metabolites of Aspergillus flavus, Link, ex-Fries1, it was noted that an apparent reduction in the aflatoxin B1 content was induced when the normal methods of fluorescence assay2 were afterwards applied to the sterile meal.

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    TREVOR J. COOMES, P. C. CROWTHER, A. J. FEUELL & B. J. FRANCIS

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COOMES, T., CROWTHER, P., FEUELL, A. et al. Experimental Detoxification of Groundnut Meals containing Aflatoxin. Nature 209, 406–407 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209406a0

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