Aflatoxins are one of many natural occurring mycotoxins that are found in soils, foods, humans, and animals. Derived from the Aspergillus flavus fungus, the toxigenic strains of aflatoxins are among the most harmful mycotoxins. Aflatoxins are found in the soil as well as in grains, nuts, dairy products, tea, spices and cocoa, as well as animal and fish feeds.1 Aflatoxins are especially problema...

CONTEXT Although it is known that aflatoxins have many adverse health effects, there is no systematic summary of how it affects the reproductive system or its reproductive health effects. OBJECTIVE Summarize evidence on the reproductive health effects of aflatoxins. RESULTS The search yielded 121 potential studies, of which 25 were retained. One study found a higher concentration of aflatox...

Introduction: Aflatoxins (AFs) are a group of mycotoxins created as metabolic items for the most part by three types of Aspergillus including Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus parasiticus and the uncommon Aspergillus nomius. Eighteen aflatoxins have been identified up to now, but only six of them have been found in food and feed. Methods: The occurrence of aflatoxins in 32 samples of roasted red...

BACKGROUND Aflatoxins are a metabolite of Aspergillus molds and are widespread in the natural environment. Workers who handle food grains are at increased risk of exposure to aflatoxins and subsequently certain respiratory conditions. In India, more than half of the employed population is engaged in some type of agricultural work, yet little known about the respiratory problems as a result of e...

Discovery of the aflatoxins focused attention on an old problem and gave tremendous impetus to research on mycotoxins. This resulted in unparalleled collaboration of specialists in diverse scientific disciplines and brought to hear the most sophisticated tools and techniques. The chemical structures of eight afiatoxins have been established. Several have been synthesized chemically and their bi...

An easy method for the determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in rhizosphere and rhizosplane of zea mays by LC coupled to mass spectrometry had been developed. Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in maize plants by LC coupled to mass spectrometry had been developed. Aflatoxins were extracted with a mixture of methanol and water and then it was purified by solid – phase clean – up using a polym...

BACKGROUND Aflatoxins cause health hazards to human and animals and has also economical problems. Therefore, the detoxification effect of citric acid was investigated in rice as the main food of Iranian people. METHODS Initially 275 samples of rice were examined for aflatoxins by HPLC. The aflatoxins contaminated samples were later treated by aqueous citric acid and detoxification of aflatoxi...

Above average rainfall in Maryland during August, September, and October 1971 resulted in heavy mold growth in soybeans while still in the field. Of 28 samples of soybean seed, aflatoxins were found in 14, 2 of which had been used in poultry feed. Aflatoxins were identified by thin-layer chromatography, spectrophotometry, and chicken embryo bioassay. Aspergillus spp. were isolated from 11 sampl...

Aflatoxins are a type of mycotoxin that are toxic and extremely carcinogenic. Food for human consumption and feed for livestock are routinely tested for their presence. A sensitive analytical method for the determination and quantitation of four aflatoxins using the Bruker amaZon SL Ion Trap mass spectrometry system is presented here. Specifically, this method uses LC/MS/MS to quantify aflatoxi...

Aflatoxins are potent carcinogens and produced by almost all Aspergillus parasiticus isolates and about 35% of Aspergillus flavus isolates. Chemical methods are used for detection of aflatoxins in food and feed. These methods cannot detect aflatoxinogenic fungi in samples, which contain undetectable amounts of aflatoxins. The objective of this research work was to ascertain the importance of mo...