Aflatoxins English medium

[@lisawang9624]

what are the chemical groups that make up aflatoxins?

[@prof.masoodfuzail]

Aflatoxins are a group of mycotoxins that have a chemical structure that includes a five-carbon ring with two furan rings and two adjacent carbonyls. They also contain a difuran ring, coumarin, organic lactone, and a phenyl group. The molecular weight of aflatoxins ranges from 312 to 346 g/mol.

[@lisawang9624]

@@prof.masoodfuzail thank you!

[@rehmazaheer416]

What is different between aflatoxin and mycotoxins????

[@prof.masoodfuzail]

No difference, aflatoxins are actually subgroups of Mycotoxins.

[@rehmazaheer416]

Thank you, much appreciated. ​@@prof.masoodfuzail