@article{farsaie_mcclure_monroe_1978, title={DEVELOPMENT OF INDEXES FOR SORTING IRANIAN PISTACHIO NUTS ACCORDING TO FLUORESCENCE}, volume={43}, ISSN={["0022-1147"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb02540.x}, abstractNote={Study of the excitation and emission spectra of Iranian pistachio nuts was made in order to develop an index for sorting aflatoxin contaminated nuts. The method is based on previous work which discovered that nuts emitting bright-greenish-yellow (BGY) fluorescence under LW-UV light had a high probability of aflatoxin contamination. Six different indices were tested; I4 9 0, I4 9 0 I4 7 0, I4 9 0, I4 2 0, with excitation at 360 nm; and I4 9 0, I4 9 0 I4 5 0, I4 9 0 I5 5 0, with excitation at 420 nm (I = fluorescence intensity at indicated wavelengths). Tests clearly indicated that BGY fluorescent nuts can be separated from other nuts by electronic methods.}, number={5}, journal={JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE}, author={FARSAIE, A and MCCLURE, WF and MONROE, RJ}, year={1978}, pages={1550–1552} }