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14 out of 22 fungal isolates ofA. niger from market foods and foodstuffs were toxigenic to weanling rats. Approximately 2/3 of these cultures were highly toxigenic. Histopathologic changes were observed mostly in kidney with necrosis of the tubular epithelium and to a less extent in liver with centrolobular necorsis of the hepatic cells.
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Acknowledgment. We wish to thank Miss Wilai Limpasuk for her excellent secretarial assistance.
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Glinsukon, T., Romruen, K. & Visutasunthorn, C. Preliminary report on toxigenic fungal isolates ofAspergillus niger in market foods and foodstuffs. Experientia 35, 522–523 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922746
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