A study of the conversion of aflatoxin B1 by treatment with sodium hydrogen sulfite.
TABATA, S., KAMIMURA, H., NISHIJIMA, M. and TANABE, S.
Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan 40: 431-437
1999
บทคัดย่อ
In the manufacturing process for commercial cornstarch, corn is soaked in and aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen sulphite, which reduces AFB1. The conversion product from AFB1 was isolated and identified by FAB-MS and NMR and it was found that the process involves a sulfo group being added to the double bond of bisfuran ring of AFB1. Effective detoxification is expected, because the conversion product is a water-souluble compound, and lacks the double bond in the bisfuran ring which is activated to redact with DNA.