1966•Journal of the American Oil Chemists SocietyRequires access

Elaboration of aflatoxin on cottonseed products byAspergillus flavus

Ruth Y. Mayne, Walter A. Pons, A. O. Franz, LEO A. GOLDBLATT

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Abstract In controlled laboratory experiments heat sterilized and unautoclaved glanded and glandless whole cottonseed or decorticated kernels and sterilized cottonseed meals were found to be utilized as substrates by an aflatoxin elaborating strain ofA. flavus with the production of high levels of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2. Gossypol pigments in cottonseed products are apparently not a barrier to either mold invasion or aflatoxin production. Cottonseed hulls, lint cotton, and cottonseed linters were found to be poorly utilized as substrates for either mold growth or aflatoxin production.

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Key concepts: Cottonseed, Aflatoxin, Aspergillus flavus, Gossypol, Cottonseed oil, Cottonseed meal, Food science, Mold