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Estimating the risk of aflatoxin-induced liver cancer in Tanzania based on biomarker data.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Evidence about the magnitude of the aflatoxin menace can help policy makers appreciate the importance of the problem and strengthen policies to support aflatoxin mitigation measures. In this study, we estimated aflatoxin-induced liver cancer risk in 2016
Martin E Kimanya +5 more
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Aflatoxin exposure during the first 36 months of life was not associated with impaired growth in Nepalese children: An extension of the MAL-ED study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Exposure to aflatoxin, a mycotoxin common in many foods, has been associated with child growth impairment in sub-Saharan Africa. To improve our understanding of growth impairment in relation to aflatoxin and other risk factors, we assessed biospecimens ...
Nicole J Mitchell +10 more
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Agriculture, 2017 This study aimed at morphologically identifying Aspergillus flavus in soil and maize and at determining their aflatoxin-producing potentials. Five hundred and fourteen isolates obtained from maize and soil in Kenya were cultivated on Czapeck Dox Agar ...
Matome Gabriel Thathana +3 more
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Aflatoxin Contamination, Its Impact and Management Strategies: An Updated Review
Toxins, 2022 Aflatoxin, a type of mycotoxin, is mostly produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. It is responsible for the loss of billions of dollars to the world economy, by contaminating different crops such as cotton, groundnut, maize, and ...
Saba Shabeer +3 more
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Worldwide aflatoxin contamination of agricultural products and foods: From occurrence to control.
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2021 Aflatoxins represent a global public health and economic concern as they are responsible for significant adverse health and economic issues affecting consumers and farmers worldwide. Produced by fungal species from the Aspergillus genus, aflatoxins are a
Abdoulie Jallow +4 more
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Aflatoxin contamination in food crops: causes, detection, and management: a review
Food Production, Processing and Nutrition, 2021 Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by several fungal species and molds. Under favorable conditions like high temperature and moisture, they contaminate a large number of food commodities and regional crops during pre and post-harvesting ...
Abhishek Kumar +3 more
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Physical and Chemical Methods for Reduction in Aflatoxin Content of Feed and Food
Toxins, 2021 Aflatoxins (AFs) are among the most harmful fungal secondary metabolites imposing serious health risks on both household animals and humans. The more frequent occurrence of aflatoxins in the feed and food chain is clearly foreseeable as a consequence of ...
P. Sipos +6 more
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Toxins, 2021 Aflatoxins are poisonous carcinogens produced by fungi, mainly Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aflatoxins can contaminate a variety of livestock feeds and cause enormous economic losses, estimated at between US$52.1 and US$1.68 billion ...
Yun Jiang +3 more
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Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2021 Aflatoxins are carcinogenic secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus section Flavi that contaminates a wide variety of food and feed products and is responsible for serious health and economic consequences.
Vishal Kumar +5 more
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Ecological Processes, 2020 Background Septoria tritici blotch (STB) (Zymoseptoria tritici) is a major disease of durum wheat, an economic crop grown in the highlands of Wollo in Ethiopia.
Bogale Nigir Hailemariam +2 more
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