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Mycotoxin production on rice, pulses and oilseeds
1Food Microbiology Section, Institute of Food Science and Technology, CSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Die Naturwissenschaften
|August 10, 2000
Abstract:
Mycotoxin-producing fungi were isolated from contaminated grains of rice, pulses and oilseeds sold in the local markets of Calcutta for human consumption. It was found that aflatoxin B1 was produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, aflatoxin G1 by A. flavus, ochratoxin by Aspergillus ochraceous, sterigmatocystin by Aspergillus japonicus and citrinin by Penicillium citrinum. Aflatoxin B1 (333-10,416 micrograms/kg) was produced by Aspergillus spp. in rice, pulses and oilseeds.