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2775318 
Journal Article 
Effect of food preservatives on zearalenone production by Fusarium moniliforme 
Gupta, R 
1994 
0 
Journal of Phytological Research
ISSN: 0970-5767 
BIOSIS/97/17662 
7 
1 
21-24 
English 
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. From the sorghum grains a toxic strain of F. moniliforme was isolated it was grown on sterilized moist rice medium and sorghum grains supplemented with sodium benzoate, sod-meta bisulphide, potassium metabisulphide and pot-metabisulphite in varying amounts from 0.1% to 0.5%. Potassium meta bisulphide was found to be most inhibitory agent followed by sodium benzoate and pot-meta bisulphite at 0.2% concentration. Sodium meta bisulphide was found to be least inhibitory in zearalenone production at 0.2% concentration. Reduction in zearalenone formation was noted at 0.2% concentration to 95.0%, 89.1%, 88.3% and 85.8% by potassium meta bisulphide, sod-benzoate, pot-meta bisulphite and sod-meta bisulphide on the moist rice medium.