Aflatoxins: Environmental Factors Governing Occurrence in Spanish Peanuts
- 28 May 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 148 (3674) , 1228-1229
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3674.1228
Abstract
Aflatoxins are absent from freshly harvested peanuts although Aspergillus flavus infest most of the kernels from pods having visible openings. Microbial competition, governed by kernel moisture, limits aflatoxin content of kernels. The toxins are subject to microbial breakdown but the amount broken down is governed by initial aflatoxin concentration.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Deterioration of stored grains by fungiThe Botanical Review, 1957