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In Vivo Toxicity Assessment Of Aflatoxin B1-Contaminated Corn After Ozone Degradation, Luo Xiaohu, Qi Lijun, Wang Ren, Wang Li, Li Yongfu, Yang Dan, Yu Xiaobin, Chen Zhengxing

Food and Machinery

Aflatoxin B1-contaminated corn (ACC) (83.0 μg/kg) was treated for 40 min at 90 mg/L ozone. And mice were used to assess the vivo toxicity of ozone treated ACC. Results indicated that compared with basal feedstuff, the mean weight of mice fed with ACC significantly decreased (P＜0.05). Whereas, the liver and kidney/body weight ratio increased significantly (P＜0.05). Alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in serum increased significantly (P＜0.05). The total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), and globulin (GLB) content significantly decreased (P＜0.05). When mice were fed with the ozone-treated ACC, no significant differences were observed in the mice …