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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Synthesis and Degradation of Aflatoxins by Aspergillus parasiticus. II. Comparative Toxicity and Mutagenicity of Aflatoxin B1 and it Autolytic Breakdown Products

V L Huynh, RG Gerdes and AB Lloyd

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 37(3) 123 - 130
Published: 1984

Abstract

A crude mycelial protein extract from a 16-day-old culture of A. parasiticus, on purification, lost 50% of its ability to degrade aflatoxin B1? The addition of hydrogen peroxide increased this activity to 97% of that of the crude extract.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9840123

© CSIRO 1984

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