Contamination of Guatemalan cottonseed oil with mold metabolites
Rojas, J.Z.
Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion 32(3): 763-764
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0622 PMID: 6897811 Document Number: 189076
An unidentified compound, with a Rf value different from that of aflatoxin, was detected by thin layer chromatography (TLC) in cottonseed oil. Culture of ground cottonseeds revealed several fungal colonies, one of which produced a compound similar to that observed by TLC in oil. The fungus was identified as Aspergillus chevalieri and it is suggested that this fungus produces the metabolite observed in cottonseed oil.