MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133862 A) filed by B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute Of Science And Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 30, 2025, for 'formulation for sensing mycotoxin in food samples.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. S. Hemalatha; Architha Vijayalakshmi; and Sagrika R.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present subject matter comprises a nanoformulation for detecting the presence of mycotoxins in food samples has a composition of bentonite clay, ZnO nanoparticles and curcumin. The formulation exhibits a negative zeta potential of -21.311...