Aflatoxin: distribution in contaminated corn
1974
Shotwell, O.L. | Goulden, M.L. | Hesseltine, C.W.
Individual kernels with the bright greenish-yellow fluorescence associated with the presence of aflatoxin and kernels without the fluorescence from contaminated white and yellow corn samples were assayed individually. Some kernels having a greenish-yellow fluorescence under the seed coat had to be split open before the typical fluorescence became visible. All fluorescing kernels contained aflatoxin; none of the nonfluorescing ones did. The following fractions from 10 lots of aflatoxin-contaminated corn were analysed: (a) fluorescing intact kernels and pieces; (b) kernels with fluorescence visible under the seed coat;
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