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Optical detection of Aflatoxins B in grained almonds using fluorescence spectroscopy and machine learning algorithms [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Aflatoxins are fungal metabolites extensively produced by many different fungal species that may contaminate a wide range of agricultural food products. They have been studied extensively because of being associated with various chronic and acute diseases especially immunosuppression and cancer and their presence in food is strictly monitored and ...
arxiv  

Aflatoxins in randomly selected groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea) and its products from some local markets across Ghana: Human risk assessment and monitoring

Toxicology Reports, 2021
A random assessment and human risk analysis were conducted on 80 groundnut pastes and raw groundnuts from some local markets across the different agroecological zones of Ghana.
Nii Korley Kortei, Theophilus Annan, Papa Toah Akonor, Seidu A. Richard, Helen Ama Annan, Michael Wiafe- Kwagyan, Matilda Ayim-Akonor, Princess Golda Akpaloo   +7 more
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Mitigative Potential of Novel Lactobacillus plantarum TISTR 2076 against the Aflatoxins-Associated Oxidative Stress and Histopathological Alterations in Liver and Kidney of Broiler Chicks during the Entire Growth Period

Toxins, 2022
Aflatoxins are the secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus and have severe pathological effects on the health of human and animals.
Ashiq Ali, Aisha Khatoon, Hailah M. Almohaimeed, Faisal Al-Sarraj, Raed Albiheyri, Ibrahim Alotibi, Zain Ul Abidin   +6 more
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STUDY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF AFLATOXINS; DEGRADATION METHODS; MYCOTOXINS PREVALENT IN CORN

Scientific Study & Research: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Food Industry, 2021
Aflatoxins are mycotoxins produced by fungi of the genus Aspergillus. The species Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus are the main responsible for the appearance of the main types of aflatoxins: aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1 ...
ALINA MIHALCEA , SONIA AMARIEI
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Harmonized Collaborative Validation of Aflatoxins and Sterigmatocystin in White Rice and Sorghum by Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Toxins, 2016
An interlaboratory study was performed in eight laboratories to validate a liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method for the simultaneous determination of aflatoxins and sterigmatocystin (STC) in white rice and sorghum (Sorghum ...
Hyun Ee Ok, Fei Tian, Eun Young Hong, Ockjin Paek, Sheen-Hee Kim, Dongsul Kim, Hyang Sook Chun   +6 more
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Awareness of mycotoxins and occurrence of aflatoxins in poultry feeds and feed ingredients in selected regions of Uganda

International Journal of Food Contamination, 2020
Background Aflatoxins are a category of mycotoxins produced by certain molds naturally occurring as food and feed contaminants with toxic effects to both animals and humans.
Jesca L. Nakavuma, Angella Kirabo, Paul Bogere, Margaret M. Nabulime, Archileo N. Kaaya, Benoit Gnonlonfin   +5 more
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Ensuring food safety with molecularly imprinted polymers: innovative methods for the detection of aflatoxins in food and feed samples

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Aflatoxins, a group of mycotoxins, represent a heterogeneous class of secondary metabolites that pose a significant risk to food safety and public health due to their potent toxicity. Aflatoxins are widely distributed in the environment, with high levels
Asghar Ali, Aqsa Sadiqa, Hamna Ilyas, Ayesha Bibi, Urvah Hussain, Naseer Iqbal, Adnan Mujahid, Adeel Afzal   +7 more
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Determination of aflatoxins in foodstuffs employing fluorometric method [PDF]

Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke, 2005
Results from the examination of total aflatoxins in foodstuffs are presented Determination of the aflatoxins was done employing rapid and reliable method based on immunnosorbent columns clean-up and measurement of the aflatoxins by fluorometer (Vicam ...
Dimitrieska-Stojković Elizabeta D., Danev Mihail M., Hajrulai-Musliu Zehra B., Stojanovska-Dimzoska Biljana S., Serafimovski Ivan M.   +4 more
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Aflatoxins and aflatoxigenic fungi in export standard white and red sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum L.) from Ethiopia

Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2022
The oil seed sectors one of the fastest growing sectors in Ethiopia, both in terms of its foreign exchange earnings and as a source of income for millions of Ethiopians. Oilseed crops are recognized to be potentially suitable substrate for the production
Markos Makiso Urugo, Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis   +1 more
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The Scourge of Aflatoxins in Kenya: A 60-Year Review (1960 to 2020)

Journal of Food Quality, 2021
Aflatoxins are endemic in Kenya. The 2004 outbreak of acute aflatoxicosis in the country was one of the unprecedented epidemics of human aflatoxin poisoning recorded in mycotoxin history.
Timothy Omara, Ambrose K Kiprop, Phanice Wangila, Alex Paul Wacoo, Sarah Kagoya, Papias Nteziyaremye, Mark Peter Odero, Caroline Kiwanuka Nakiguli, Samuel Baker Obakiro   +8 more
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