Medicinal plants used in traditional management of cancer in Uganda: a review of ethnobotanical surveys, phytochemistry, and anticancer studies

T Omara, AK Kiprop, RC Ramkat… - Evidence‐Based …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The burden of neoplastic diseases is a significant global health challenge accounting for
thousands of deaths. In Uganda, about 32,617 cancer cases were reported in 2018 …

Aflatoxin detoxification using microorganisms and enzymes

Y Guan, J Chen, E Nepovimova, M Long, W Wu… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycotoxin contamination causes significant economic loss to food and feed industries and
seriously threatens human health. Aflatoxins (AFs) are one of the most harmful mycotoxins …

Antivenin plants used for treatment of snakebites in Uganda: ethnobotanical reports and pharmacological evidences

T Omara, S Kagoya, A Openy, T Omute… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2020 - Springer
Snakebite envenomation is a serious public health concern in rural areas of Uganda.
Snakebites are poorly documented in Uganda because most occur in rural settings where …

The Scourge of Aflatoxins in Kenya: A 60‐Year Review (1960 to 2020)

T Omara, AK Kiprop, P Wangila, AP Wacoo… - Journal of Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Trends in the incidence of cancer in Kampala, Uganda, 1991 to 2015

P Bukirwa, H Wabinga, S Nambooze… - … Journal of Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Trends in the incidence of cancer in the population of Kyadondo County, Uganda—which
comprises the city of Kampala and a peri‐urban hinterland—are presented for a period of 25 …

[HTML][HTML] Mycotoxins in livestock feed in China-Current status and future challenges

M Tian, Y Feng, X He, D Zhang, W Wang, D Liu - Toxicon, 2022 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are toxic metabolites or secondary metabolites produced by fungi and exist
widely in all kinds of food and feed raw materials. They have led to many poisoning events …

Spatial analysis of dietary exposure of aflatoxins in peanuts and peanut oil in different areas of China

M Qin, J Liang, D Yang, X Yang, P Cao, X Wang… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Peanuts in China are heavily contaminated with aflatoxin, which pose a threaten to human
health. To compare the dietary exposure risk of aflatoxins (AFT) in peanuts and peanut oil in …

[HTML][HTML] Aflatoxin detoxification by thermal cooking treatment and evaluation of in vitro bioaccessibility from white and brown rice

I Romero-Sánchez, E Gracia-Lor, Y Madrid-Albarrán - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins pose a severe risk to the human health. In this study, the detoxifying capacity of a
thermal cooking treatment applied to white and brown rice spiked with aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 …

[PDF][PDF] Aflatoxin B1: mechanism, oxidative stress and effects on animal health

S Yilmaz, H Bag - J Anim Biol Vet, 2022 - researchgate.net
Aflatoxins (AFs) are secondary fungal metabolites also known as mycotoxins which are
produced by fungi of the Aspergillus genus, particularly Aspergillus flavus. the most common …

Aflatoxin contamination and recommendations to improve its control: a review

LD Kaale, ME Kimanya, IJ Macha… - World Mycotoxin …, 2021 - wageningenacademic.com
Aflatoxin producing fungi cause contamination of food and feed resulting in health hazards
and economic loss. It is imperative to develop workable control measures throughout the …