Ammoniation represents the best technique to detoxify aflatoxin-contaminated grain and it is considered as economically practicable for commercial applications. In the present studyAspergillus parasiticus was used to contaminate yellow corn to produce the final concentration reached 4000 μg/kg corn total aflatoxin. Two procedures of ammoniation (in aqueous ammonia concentrations, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2% ) were adopted for aflatoxin destruction. The first procedure was under atmospheric pressure at ambient temperature (AP/AT) for 24 hrs, and the second procedure was under high pressure (2 bar) at high temperature (121°C) (HP/HT ) for 15 min. Aflatoxin concentrations were determined by HPLC using fluorescence detection. The effect of HP/HT procedure was compared with the ammoniation procedure under AP/AT. The detoxification pattern of the two ammoniation procedures as well as the detoxification pattern of the different types of aflatoxins under the two procedures was studied.
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