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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1966 May; 14(3): 425-428
Copyright © 1966 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Production of Aflatoxin on Rice

Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois

ABSTRACT

A method has been developed for the production of aflatoxin by growing Aspergillus flavus strain NRRL 2999 on the solid substrate rice. Optimal yields, more than 1 mg of aflatoxin B₁ per g of starting material, were obtained in 5 days at 28 C. A crude product containing aflatoxins was isolated by chloroform extraction and precipitation with hexane from concentrated solutions. The crude product consisted of 50% aflatoxin in the following ratio: B₁-B₂-G₁-G₂, 100:0.15:0.22:0.02. Aflatoxin B₁ was separated from almost all the impurities and from the other aflatoxins by chromatography on silica gel with 1% ethyl alcohol in chloroform. Analytically pure aflatoxin B₁ was recrystallized from chloroform-hexane mixtures.