Study of the toxic effects of strains of Aspergillus flavus isolated from domestic grain products

Meshkov, N.V.; Bogoroditskaia, V.P.

Voprosy Pitaniia 4: 59-62

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8833
PMID: 820076
Document Number: 89941
In tests conducted on albino rats the toxic action of extracts obtained from pure cultures of 16 As. flavus strains isolated from Soviet-grown cereals was studied. Toxic effect displayed metabolites of one Aspargillus flavus strain which provoked in test animals pathomorphological alterations in the liver characteristic of aflatoxicosis.

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