The chemical structure of aflatoxin and features

 (1) and aflatoxin is a parasitic Aspergillus flavus metabolites;

 (2) B series and G series is divided into two categories,> 12 species;

 (3) two furan derivatives of coumarin, two furan ring at the end of a double bond, its toxic and carcinogenic, such as B1, G1, M1;

 (4) AFB1 most common, most toxic and carcinogenic;

 (5) does not dissolve in water, hexane, petroleum ether and ether;

 (6) to produce fluorescence under ultraviolet light;

 (7) heat-processing temperature cooking generally is not destroyed, 280 ℃ pyrolysis;

 (8) → NaOH + aflatoxin coumarin sodium salt (water soluble).

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