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Detoxification of groundnut seeds by urea and sunlight.

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Title Detoxification of groundnut seeds by urea and sunlight.
 
Creator Shantha, T.
Sreenivasa Murthy, V.
Rati, E. R.
Prema, V.
 
Subject 33 Nuts
 
Description A fourteen hour exposure to sunlight destroys about 90 and 77% aflatoxin
B , added to groundnutflakes with and without fat whereas only about 50%
of the toxin is destroyed when present as a natural contaminant. Treating
the groundnutflakes with 20% urea and 2% soybean flour (a source of
urease) at 50% moisture would bring about 70% destruction of aflatoxin
B,; In large scale trials, destruction was about 85%. Treatment with urea
does not bring down the PER value of the material, which is 1.5 after
treatment as against I . 6 in the untreated groundnuts.
 
Date 1986
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/3756/1/Journal_of_Food_Safety_7%284%29_1986_225-231.pdf
Shantha, T. and Sreenivasa Murthy, V. and Rati, E. R. and Prema, V. (1986) Detoxification of groundnut seeds by urea and sunlight. Journal of Food Safety, 7. pp. 225-231.