There are four major aflatoxins of toxicological importance (aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, and aflatoxin G2). Aspergillus flavus produces only the B aflatoxins while Aspergillus parasiticus produces both B and G aflatoxins.
Aflatoxin G have a molecular weight: 328.06 and molecular formula: C17H12O7.
Aflatoxin G1 is cytotoxic; it inhibits DNA synthesis and induces cell cycle arrest. The toxicity of aflatoxin G1 was similar to anatoxin B1; acute toxicity was less than B1 but greater than B2.
The lesions induced by G1 in ducklings are the same as from B1; in the rat, the zone in the affected liver lobule was the same as in B1 but the consistent pattern seen with B1 was absent.
Aflatoxin G1
