RESEARCH NOTE: MYCOTOXINS IN FENNEL SEED |
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| Authors: | NISHA MISRA SANGITA BATRA |
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| Affiliation: | Lecturer, Department of Botany Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur (U.P.) 273001, India;Research Fellow, Department of Botany Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur (U.P.) 273001, India |
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| Abstract: | Ten samples of fennel seed from fields in India were examined for the presence ofaflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2. Five of the samples were fluorescent or became fluorescent during a 12 month storage period. Only aflatoxins B1, B2 and G1 were identified. One nonfluorescent sample contained detectable aflatoxin B1 after 12 months of storage. |
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