Aflatoxin B1 significantly depressed serum lipid levels in specimens of Cercopithecus aethiops, Cercopithecus mona, Erythrocebus patas and Papio enubis. Serum cholesterol, total phospholipids and total lipids were not affected to the same extent.
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