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Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Open Access Article; Published online: 28 Nov 2019The study aimed to quantify the immediate effects of dietary diversification, food safety, and hygiene interventions on child undernutrition in four rural villages in Kongwa district of central Tanzania ...
Anitha, S.   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Chronic Aflatoxin Exposure and Cognitive and Language Development in Young Children of Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Study

open access: yesToxins, 2022
Aflatoxin can cross the blood–brain barrier, damage brain tissues, and have the potential to harm the development of the human brain. Although dietary aflatoxin exposure is common in children, there is a paucity of data on aflatoxin exposure and child ...
Mustafa Mahfuz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycoflora of fungal contamination in wheat storage (silos) in golestan province, north of Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Cereal products are susceptible to mould damage during pre- and post-harvesting stages of the production. The regional specificity of Golestan province in the northern region of of Iran, with its high temperature and high relative humidity ...
Joshaghani, H.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the Effect of Satureja montana and Origanum virens Essential Oils on Aspergillus flavus Growth and Aflatoxin Production at Different Water Activities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Aflatoxin ...
Garcia-Cela, Esther   +5 more
core   +5 more sources

Aflatoxin Contamination of Maize from Small-Scale Farms Practicing Different Artisanal Control Methods in Kitui, Kenya

open access: yesJournal of Food Quality, 2023
Aflatoxin contamination of maize is a threat to food security and public health for households that depend on farming in developing countries. The objective of this study was to determine levels of total aflatoxins in maize from farms adopting different ...
Winfred Muthini Kyalo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Point mutations of the P53 gene, human hepatocellular carcinoma and aflatoxins [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
The tumor suppressor p53 exerts important protective functions towards DNA-damaging agents. Its inactivation by allelic deletions or point mutations within the P53 gene as well as complex formation of wildtype p53 with cellular or viral proteins is a ...
Alexander L. Gerbes   +40 more
core   +1 more source

Aflatoxin-exposure of Vibrio gazogenes as a novel system for the generation of aflatoxin synthesis inhibitors

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Aflatoxin is a mycotoxin and a secondary metabolite, and the most potent known liver carcinogen that contaminates several important crops, and represents a significant threat to public health and the economy.
Phani M Gummadidala   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Hydroethanolic Saffron petals’ extract on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of Japanese quails challenged by aflatoxin [PDF]

open access: yesZirā̒at va Fanāvarī-i Za̒farān, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Hydroethanolic saffron petals’ extract (HSPE) on the performance, carcass characteristics and blood biochemical parameters of Japanese quails challenged with Aflatoxin B1.
Seyyed Javad Hosseini-Vashan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of mycotoxin reduction in food and feed: from prevention in the field to detoxification by adsorption or transformation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites present worldwide in agricultural commodities and produced by filamentous fungi that cause a toxic response (mycotoxicosis) when ingested by animals.
Guyonvarc’h, Alain   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

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