Hegde U C, Shanmugasundaram E R
Can J Comp Med Vet Sci. 1967 Dec;31(12):348-51.
Krebs citric acid cycle enzymes have been studied in rice moth larvae (Corcyra cephalonica St) reared in groundnut meal control and contaminated with A. flavus, wheat bran control and wheat bran contaminated with A. flavus and also wheat bran containing aflatoxin. It was observed that the activity of enzymes other than succinic oxidase, succinic dehydrogenase and isocitric dehydrogenase were reduced significantly in larvae reared in contaminated groundnut meal when compared with the control. In the case of larvae reared in contaminated wheat bran all the enzymes except succinic oxidase were inhibited when compared to the control larvae. It was also observed that the inhibition of these enzymes is greater in the case of larvae reared in contaminated wheat bran than in contaminated groundnut meal. The higher toxicity of wheat bran has been discussed.
已对在花生粕对照饲养、被黄曲霉污染的花生粕饲养、麦麸对照饲养、被黄曲霉污染的麦麸饲养以及含有黄曲霉毒素的麦麸饲养条件下的米蛾幼虫（米缟螟）中的三羧酸循环酶进行了研究。观察到，与对照组相比，在被污染花生粕中饲养的幼虫体内，除琥珀酸氧化酶、琥珀酸脱氢酶和异柠檬酸脱氢酶外，其他酶的活性显著降低。对于在被污染麦麸中饲养的幼虫，与对照幼虫相比，除琥珀酸氧化酶外的所有酶均受到抑制。还观察到，在被污染麦麸中饲养的幼虫中这些酶的抑制作用比在被污染花生粕中饲养的幼虫更为明显。文中讨论了麦麸更高的毒性。
