Aflatoxins in cereal based products-an overview of occurrence, detection and health implication.

Aflatoxins are naturally produced toxins by specific molds, namely Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. These toxins can be found in various agricultural products, including crops like maize, peanuts, cottonseed, and tree nuts. They have the potential to contaminate the food supply during different stages of production, processing, and storage.

Physicochemical, thermal, pasting, morphological, functional and bioactive binding characteristics of starches of different oat varieties of North-Western Himalayas.

Starches were isolated from five oat varieties (SFO-1, SFO-3, Sabzar, SKO-20 and SKO-96) grown in North-Western Himalayas of India. Moisture content of the varieties ranged from 9.25 ± 0.

Influence of nickel supplementation from nickel sulphate hexahydrate and nickel-sodium monofluorophosphate on the performance of the West African dwarf kids.

The influence of nickel supplementation on the performance of the West African dwarf kids was studied. The investigation involved 12 kids, 3-4 months old with average weight of 5.99+/-0.

Simultaneous determination of pentoxifylline and three metabolites in biological fluids by liquid chromatography.

We describe a sensitive and specific liquid-chromatographic assay for pentoxifylline and three of its metabolites in human plasma and urine. Addition of hydrochloric acid to the sample before extraction, and incorporation of acetic acid in the chromatographic eluent, allow the simultaneous determination of the four compounds plus an internal standard in one chromatographic run. Unlike gas-chromatographic procedures, this method does not involve derivatization no similar analysis of serum or plasma samples has been described before now.