Aflatoxin B1 and M1: Biological properties and their involvement in cancer development

S Marchese, A Polo, A Ariano, S Velotto, S Costantini… - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Aflatoxins are fungal metabolites found in feeds and foods. When the ruminants eat
feedstuffs containing Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), this toxin is metabolized and Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) …

Anthraquinones and derivatives from marine-derived fungi: Structural diversity and selected biological activities

M Fouillaud, M Venkatachalam, E Girard-Valenciennes… - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Anthraquinones and their derivatives constitute a large group of quinoid compounds with
about 700 molecules described. They are widespread in fungi and their chemical diversity …

Genotoxicity of aflatoxins and their precursors in human cells

MG Theumer, Y Henneb, L Khoury, SP Snini, S Tadrist… - Toxicology Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are found as food contaminant and some of them demonstrate a carcinogenic
effect. The aflatoxins biosynthetic pathway involves 15 successive steps. The aim of this …

Faces of a changing climate: Semi-quantitative multi-mycotoxin analysis of grain grown in exceptional climatic conditions in Norway

S Uhlig, GS Eriksen, IS Hofgaard, R Krska, E Beltrán… - Toxins, 2013 - mdpi.com
Recent climatological research predicts a significantly wetter climate in Southern Norway as
a result of global warming. Thus, the country has already experienced unusually wet …

Mutagenicity and genotoxicity assessment of the emerging mycotoxin Versicolorin A, an Aflatoxin B1 precursor

C Al-Ayoubi, M Alonso-Jauregui, A Azqueta… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is the most potent natural carcinogen among mycotoxins.
Versicolorin A (VerA) is a precursor of AFB1 biosynthesis and is structurally related to the …

Protein biomarker for early diagnosis of microbial toxin contamination: Using Aspergillus flavus as an example

J Fu, M Gu, H Yan, M Zhang, H Xie, X Yue… - Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial toxins are important factors that contribute to human diseases and food losses.
Predicting the production of these toxins before they occur is a significant challenge. In this …

Fungi and their secondary metabolites in water‐damaged indoors after a major flood event in eastern Croatia

D Jakšić, M Sertić, D Kifer, S Kocsubè… - Indoor …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In winter and summer of 2016 and 2017, airborne fungi and house dust were collected in
indoors of the village Gunja, which had been flooded, and the control village Gornji Stupnik …

[HTML][HTML] Induction of secondary metabolites from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus versicolor through co-cultivation with Bacillus subtilis

NM Abdel-Wahab, S Scharf, FC Özkaya… - Planta …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
A new cyclic pentapeptide, cotteslosin C (1), a new aflaquinolone, 22-epi-aflaquinolone B
(3), and two new anthraquinones (9 and 10), along with thirty known compounds (2, 4–8, 11 …

Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy-based fast versicolorin A detection in maize for early aflatoxin warning and safety sorting

SY Zheng, ZS Wei, S Li, SJ Zhang, CF Xie, DS Yao… - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins (AFs) are potent carcinogens present in numerous crops. Access to accurate
methods for evaluating contamination is a critical factor in aflatoxin risk assessment …

[HTML][HTML] Proapoptotic activity of aflatoxin B1 and sterigmatocystin in HepG2 cells

Y Liu, M Du, G Zhang - Toxicology Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1) and sterigmatocystin (ST) are two hepatocarcinogenic
mycotoxins that are commonly coexisted in cereal grains, and their co-proapoptotic activity …