Improved Reproducibility and Reduced Sample Preparation Time for the HPLC Analysis of Aflatoxins in Raw Peanut Paste

contributed by Sigma Aldrich | 10/25/2013

Aflatoxins were isolated and characterized during the 1960’s after the deaths of over 100,000 turkey poults on farms in Great Britain from what had been referred to as “Turkey X” disease.1,2 Aflatoxins are mycotoxins, structurally related compounds produced as secondary metabolites by Aspergillus molds, primarily flavus and parasiticus.^3,4

Investigations in Great Britain traced Turkey X disease to mold contaminated peanut meal imported from Brazil.^1,2

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