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Ethyl acetate extracts prepared from potatoes exposed to a sprout-inhibiting dose (10 krad) of gamma-irradiation were tested for inhibitory activity towardsAspergillus flavus andA. parasiticus. The treatment did not adversely affect the naturally occurring compounds which inhibit growth of these aflatoxin-producing fungi and which were still evident 4 weeks after irradiation following storage at 15°C.
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Sharma, A., Shrikhande, A.J., Padwal-Desai, S.R. et al. Inhibition of aflatoxin-producing fungi by ethyl acetate extracts from gamma-irradiated potatoes. Potato Res 21, 31–34 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02362257
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