DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF AFLATOXINS
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    发明公开
    DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF AFLATOXINS 审中-公开
    DEVICE黄曲霉毒素的检测

    公开(公告)号:EP1281076A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-05

    申请号:EP01913836.1

    申请日:2001-02-26

    发明人: STROKA, Jörg

    IPC分类号: G01N30/95

    摘要: A compact and portable analytical instrument dedicated to aflatoxin determination under minimum electrical power conditions employs a light emitting diode (LED) as light source with a peak output wavelength of 370 nm in addition to a 418 nm cut-off filter and a photodiode with a peak sensitivity of 140 nm. Thus, the relative amount of transmitted fluorescence energy at a wavelength of greater than 418 nm incident upon the aflatoxin is separated from the excitation light of 370 nm. In addition to the LED and the photodiode, the instrument preferably comprises amplifying, digital conversion, data storage, data transfer, display and power supply means and a graphical data output. The power supply regulator is a integrated circuit. As a result, current consumption is minimised, and thus battery life and instrument accuracy is maximised. The LED is powered by a constant current regulator, which minimises errors due to fluctuations in illumination intensity.