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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY (US);
Alexandros Yiannikouris, Lexington, KY (US);
Thirupathi R. Yerramreddy, Lexington, KY (US);
Joshua J. Martinez, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeffrey R. Withers, Lexington, KY (US);
Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY (US);
Abstract
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are materials exhibiting molecular recognition of a target molecule. MIPs are synthesized in the presence of an aflatoxin template, a mimic to the targeted molecule, used as an imprint that is further washed away with suitable solvent after completion of the polymerization process, leaving a cavity in the polymer of the same stereochemistry, functionality and morphology to the template. When the MIP encounters an aflatoxin, the molecule is bound in the cavity with a receptor-like affinity.