PUNYA TEMCHAROENWILLIAM G. THILLYMahidol UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology2018-10-122018-10-121982-01-01Journal of Food Safety. Vol.4, No.4 (1982), 199-20517454565014960852-s2.0-84987589162https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30285The toxic and mutagenic effects of gamma‐irradiated peanut meal contaminated with aflatoxin B1were studied in Salmonella typhimu‐rium strain TM 677, using forward mutation to 8‐azaguanine resistance. After treatment with 5 to 10 M‐rad gamma radiation, the contaminated peanut meal lost its toxic and mutagenic properties. Irradiation at 0.1 to 1.0 M‐rad removed 75–100% of the toxicity but not mutagenicity. Copyright © 1982, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reservedMahidol UniversityAgricultural and Biological SciencesImmunology and MicrobiologyArticleSCOPUS10.1111/j.1745-4565.1982.tb00445.x