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 …

Postharvest strategies for decontamination of aflatoxins in cereals

JA Gómez-Salazar, K Ruiz-Hernández… - Food Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aflatoxins generate great concern worldwide regarding their impact on health; they are
associated with liver cancer and have an economic impact on agricultural products, as they …

The occurrence of aflatoxins and human health risk estimations in randomly obtained maize from some markets in Ghana

NK Kortei, T Annan, PT Akonor, SA Richard… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Maize and its products are most often prone to fungal contamination especially during
cultivation and storage by toxigenic fungi. Aflatoxicosis still persist in Ghana despite the …

High-performance liquid chromatography and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay techniques for detection and quantification of aflatoxin B1 in feed samples: a …

AM Beyene, X Du, DE Schrunk, S Ensley… - BMC research …, 2019 - Springer
Objective Comparison was done between high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
and a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection and …

Aflatoxin B1: Chemistry, environmental and diet sources and potential exposure in human in Kenya

JO Lalah, S Omwoma, DA Orony - Aflatoxin B1 Occurrence …, 2019 - books.google.com
Cancer incidences and mortality in Kenya are increasing according to recent reports and
now number among the top five causes of mortality in the country. The risk factors …

Exposure assessment and risk characterization of aflatoxins intake through consumption of maize (Zea mays) in different age populations in the Volta Region of …

NK Kortei, T Annan, J Dzikunoo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Aflatoxin contamination in foods is a vital health challenge for low and middle-income
countries in subtropical regions. Maize (Zea mays L.), a staple food most widely grown in …

Fungal diversity and aflatoxins in maize and rice grains and cassava-based flour (Pupuru) from Ondo State, Nigeria

DO Ekpakpale, B Kraak, M Meijer, KI Ayeni… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Grains and cassava-based foods serve as major dietary sources for many households in
Nigeria. However, these foods are highly prone to contamination by moulds and aflatoxins …

Expanding the reach of probiotics through social enterprises

G Reid, R Kort, S Alvarez… - Beneficial …, 2018 - wageningenacademic.com
The rapid rise in microbiome and probiotic science has led to estimates of product creation
and sales exceeding $50 billion within five years. However, many people do not have …

Aflatoxin contamination of maize vended in Ondo state, Nigeria, and health risk assessment

KI Ayeni, OM Akinyemi, T Kovač… - Croatian journal of food …, 2020 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Aflatoxin contamination of maize is a serious food safety problem worldwide.
Despite the widespread consumption of maize in Nigeria, there is limited data on aflatoxin …

Spectrophotometric determination of aflatoxin B1 in food sample: Chemometric optimization and theoretical supports for reaction mechanisms and binding regions

N Altunay, KP Katin, N Gürsoy, A Elik, S Şimşek… - Journal of Food …, 2020 - Elsevier
A green, simple, and cheap analytical approach for extraction, preconcentration, and
determination of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in food samples based on vortex-assisted room …