Aflatoxins and kwashiorkor.

Aflatoxins and kwashiorkor: a study in Sudanese children.

Blood and urine samples from 252 Sudanese children were investigated for their aflatoxin content by high-performance liquid chromatography. The children comprised 44 with kwashiorkor, 32 with marasmic kwashiorkor, 70 with marasmus, and 106 age-matched, normally nourished controls. Aflatoxins were detected more often and at higher concentrations in sera from children with kwashiorkor than in the...

Kwashiorkor.

The colon in kwashiorkor.

Redmond, A. 0. B., Kaschula, R. 0. C., Freeseman, C., and Hansen, J. D. L. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 470. The colon in kwashiorkor. The colon in kwashiorkor was investigated by means of rectal biopsy and sigmoidoscopy in 20 children, followed by barium enema in 10 of the children. The colon during the acute phase of the disease showed a surface epithelial atrophy, with infil...

AFLATOXINS IN BODY FLUIDS AND FOOD OF NIGERIAN CHILDREN WITH PROTEIN- ENERGY MALNUTRITION Onyemelukwe

Aflatoxins are natural contaminants of food crops implicated in the pathogenesis of various human diseases. This study aimed to determine the associations between aflatoxins and proteinenergy malnutrition (PEM) by measurements of aflatoxins in serum, urine and food on plate of Nigerian children with PEM. A crosssectional study was undertaken in 3 agroecological regions of Nigeria (Guinea savann...

Aflatoxins and safe storage

The paper examines both field experience and research on the prevention of the exponential growth of aflatoxins during multi-month post-harvest storage in hot, humid countries. The approach described is the application of modern safe storage methods using flexible, Ultra Hermetic™ structures that create an unbreatheable atmosphere through insect and microorganism respiration alone, without use ...