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The Salmonella/microsome test and the chick embryo test were used to determine the mutagenicity and toxicity of five aflatoxin B1 precursors. A definite pattern emerges: the nearer the B1 an intermediate appears in the biosynthetic pathway, the more potent is its mutagenicity and toxicity.
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Dunn et al. (1982) studied this question.
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