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Title: MEASUREMENT OF AFLATOXINS USING CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS

Author
item Maragos, Chris

Submitted to: Methods in Molecular Biology
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/7/2000
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The aflatoxins are a group of mycotoxins capable of causing disease in animals and are suspected human carcinogens. The Food and Drug Administration has established a regulatory level of 20 ppb of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in human food. This book chapter reviews the literature on the use of capillary electrophoresis for detection of aflatoxins and provides a specific protocol for the measurement of AFB1 in maize.