Mycotoxins are natural contaminants of cereals and other food commodities throughout the
world and they significantly impact human and animal health. Mycotoxins are toxic …

Safety concerns pertaining towards fungal occurrence and mycotoxins contamination in agri-
food commodities has been an issue of high apprehension. With the increase in evidence …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and yam (Dioscorea spp.) are tropical crops consumed
by ca. 2 billion people and represent the main source of carbohydrate and energy for the …

The fungal and multi-mycotoxin profiles of groundnuts sold in domestic markets in Nigeria as
well as the associated risk to consumers were assessed in the present study. Four hundred …

Mucor species. Toxicity screening results showed that 68.57% of the fungi tested were
toxigenic and were mostly isolates of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium, Rhizopus and …

Peanut cake samples were collected from major markets in five states of Nigeria and
evaluated for incidence of toxigenic Aspergillus section Flavi populations, and aflatoxin B 1 …

African traditional beverages are widely consumed food‐grade liquids processed from
single or mixed grains (mostly cereals) by simple food processing techniques, of which …

Aflatoxins are secondary fungal metabolites that contaminate agricultural commodities and
can cause sickness or death in humans and animals. Risk of aflatoxin contamination of food …

The role of mycotoxins—eg, aflatoxins, ochratoxins, trichothecenes, zearalenone,
fumonisins, tremorgenic toxins, and ergot alkaloids—has been recognized in the etiology of …

Fumonisin B 1 incidence: 2/25, conc. range: 460 μg*/kg, 7,400 μg**/kg, sample year:
unknown, country: Italy 376,* stem,** crown (2/4 sa co-contaminated with FB 1 and FB 2) …