Examination of Aflatoxin B1 in Leaf Tobacco and in Cigarette Smoke Condensate
and | Jul 03, 2014
About this article
Published Online: Jul 03, 2014
Page range: 18 - 20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0162
© Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
An examination of several samples of leaf tobacco, including three types of good-grade tobaccos and heavily molded flue-cured tobacco, and of cigarette smoke condensate, failed to detect aflatoxin B1. Pure aflatoxin B1 added to cigarettes was not recovered in the smoke condensate indicating that aflatoxin B1, when present, was changed or decomposed during the smoking process.