전국 주요도시의 가정에서 메주 54점과 재래식 된장 125점, 시장에서 땅콩 31점을 수집하고 AOAC공정법(公定法)에 의하여 aflatoxin을 검색한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) Aflatoxin의 출현빈도는 메주 7.4%(4/54), 된장 8.8%(11/125), 땅콩 불검출(0/31)로서 특히 대구, 부산지역의 메주와 된장에서 높은 빈도로 검출되었다. 2) Aflatoxin이 가장 많이 검출된 것은 부산에서의 된장시료로서 $B_1;66;ppb,;B_2;13;ppb,;G_1$ 불검출, $G_2;5;ppb$이었으며 기타 시료에서는 $G_2$만이 검출되었다. 3) 된장 시료에서 검출된 $aflatoxin;B_1$은 정제후 네가지 용매계에 의한 TLC에서 Rf값, 유도체(acetate 및 water adducts)의 Rf값 및 2차에 걸친 chicken embryo bioassay에 의하여 표준물질과 동일한 동시에 화학적정량치(定量値)가 타당함을 확인하였다.
In order to detect the occurrence of aflatoxins in some suspecious Korean foodstuffs, 54 samples of Meju (a naturally inoculated soybean substrate for soy sauce and paste fermentation), 125 samples of Doenjang (a Korean-style fermented soybean paste), both produced at household level, and 31 samples of peanut were collected from 8 major cities of South Korea and subjected to assay by the official method of AOAC. The results were as follows: 1) Frequencies for the occurrence of aflatoxins in Meju, Doenjang and peanut were 7.4%(4/54), 8.8%(11/125) and none (0/31), respectively, in which Meju and Doenjang samples from Daegu and Busan showed the high ratio of the presence. 2) A Doenjang sample from Busan was found to contain the highest content of aflatoxins, of which $B_1,;B_2,;G_1;and;G_2$ were 66 ppb, 13 ppb, non-detectable and 5 ppb, respectively, while other samples detected were for $G_2$ only. 3) The identity of aflatoxin $B_1$ isolated from the Doenjang sample from Busan was confirmed by thin-layer chromatographic behavior, derivative formation and chicken embryo bioassay.
