Linear growth during three distinct stages of life determines attained stature in adulthood:
namely, in utero, early postnatal life, and puberty and the adolescent period. Individual host …

Aflatoxins are a major class of fungal toxins that have food safety importance due to their
economic and health impacts. This pilot aflatoxin exposure biomonitoring study on 84 …

Recent literature suggests that intestinal microbiome may play a mediating role between
aflatoxin exposure and the height-for-age of children. We tested the hypothesis that among …

Mycotoxins are a group of secondary metabolites produced by different species of
filamentous fungi and pose serious threats to food safety due to their serious human and …

Dietary contamination of aflatoxin is commonly detected in aquafeeds, and its adverse
effects on growth and health of farmed fish have been frequently reported. However, the …

Milk contaminated with aflatoxin can lead to liver cancer. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a serious
animal feed contaminant, is transformed into Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) and secreted in milk. In …

Aflatoxin can cross the blood–brain barrier, damage brain tissues, and have the potential to
harm the development of the human brain. Although dietary aflatoxin exposure is common in …

There are limited data on exposure to mycotoxins in Pakistan. Here, we measured exposure
to deoxynivalenol (DON), a common contaminant of wheat, and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a …

Worldwide application of synthetic insecticides as a main way of controlling aphids on
various crops has resulted in diverse problems such as failures in pest control, negative …

Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites naturally occurring in many foods such as peanuts,
spices, rice, tree nuts, and maize. Aflatoxins are both genotoxic and carcinogenic …