Approximately 200 samples of rice (including white, brown, red, black, basmati and jasmine, as well as wild rice) from several different countries, including the United States, Canada, Pakistan, India and Thailand, were analysed for aflatoxins, ochratoxin A (OTA) and fumonisins by separate liquid chromatographic methods in two different years. The mean concentrations for aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1))...

Aim: The present study was designed to evaluate the toxic interaction of fumonisin B and ochratoxin A, alone and in 1 combination for pathology of the kidneys in day old Japanese quail. Materials and Methods: Day old Japanese quail chicks were divided into 4 groups and fed with basal quail chick mash containing fumonisin B @ 200 ppm (Group FX), Ochratoxin A @ 2 ppm (Group OX), and fumonisin B @...

We have investigated any permanent impact on development stages of Drosophila melanogaster in this study. Thus F1 and F2 generations of Drosophila melanogaster, obtained from parents that were fed in bottles containing SDM with test compounds of Fumonisin B1 chronically, were checked in terms of developmental stages of Drosophila melanogaster. But any effect has not been found. In addition to t...

BACKGROUND The consumption of maize highly contaminated with carcinogenic fumonisins has been linked to high oesophageal cancer rates. The aim of this study was to validate a urinary fumonisin B1 (UFB1) biomarker as a measure of fumonisin exposure and to investigate the reduction in exposure following a simple and culturally acceptable intervention. METHODS At baseline home-grown maize, maize...

Programmed cell death is essential for plant development and stress adaptation. A detailed understanding of the signal transduction pathways that regulate plant programmed cell death requires identification of the underpinning protein networks. Here, we have used a protagonist and antagonist of programmed cell death triggered by fumonisin B1 as probes to identify key cell death regulatory prote...