Aflatoxins(AF) are highly poisonous secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. They have been found in moldy human food and animal feeds and have been implicated in numerous animal disorders. A. parasiticus produces four major aflatoxins: B1 , B2 , G1 and G2 , while AFB1 is the most toxic in the group and the toxicity is in the order of B1 > G1 > B2 > G2. ...

The aflatoxin producing fungi, Aspergillus spp., are widely spread in nature and have severely contaminated food supplies of humans and animals, resulting in health hazards and even death. Therefore, there is great demand for aflatoxins research to develop suitable methods for their quantification, precise detection and control to ensure the safety of consumers' health. Here, the chemistry and ...

suppression of cell mediated immunity. Aflatoxins were detected more commonly in urine from users in The Netherlands than from those in ,Merseyside. Aflatoxin B1, the most toxic aflatoxin, was detected in eight specimens from The Netherlands but only one from Merseyside; the most common aflatoxin detected in the specimens from Merseyside was aflatoxin MI, a less toxic derivative of B1. These va...

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 aflatox...

Aflatoxins, produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, can contaminate different foodstuffs, such as nuts. Cold atmospheric pressure plasma has the potential to be used for mycotoxin detoxification. In this study, the operating parameters of cold atmospheric pressure plasma were optimized to reduce the presence of aflatoxins on dehulled hazelnuts. First, the effect of different gases wa...

results aflatoxins have been found in many food products in iran. conclusions it is necessary to detect aflatoxins in foods and food products as early as possible, before they enter human or animal bodies. there is a high consumption of milk and dairy products in iran, and the proper management of animal foods can help to decrease the aflatoxins in milk. evidence acquisition in consideration of...

Aflatoxins remain as a threat to the health of livestock as well as humans by their continuing intermittent occurrence in both feeds and foods. The finding that aflatoxin-contaminated feeds, and eventually purified aflatoxins, were carcinogenic in rats and trout initiated a multitude of studies in search of the role of these toxins in human liver disease, especially cancer. Although aflatoxins ...

Aflatoxins (AFs) are a group of highly toxic mycotoxins mainly produced by Aspergillus flavus and parasiticus, which considered natural contaminants food feed to the liver, carcinogens mutagenic. Therefore, reducing their toxicity in body organism is great importance. In this study, aqueous extract leaves was evaluated (green Tea sage) reduce caused aflatoxins. Two concentrations aflatoxins (0....

In the 1960s, 100 000 turkeys were lost in the UK as a consequence of an intoxication due to toxic metabolite coming from fungi. The cause of this disease was traced to a feed component, peanut meal which was infested by Aspergillus flavus, fungi that commonly grows in this substrate during its storage. Aflatoxins are considered to be one of the most dangerous contaminants in food and feeds. Af...