Aflatoxin B1: A review on metabolism, toxicity, occurrence in food, occupational exposure, and detoxification methods

BR Rushing, MI Selim - Food and chemical toxicology, 2019 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are a class of carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus fungi and are
known to contaminate a large portion of the world's food supply. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is the …

[HTML][HTML] Toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in a climate change scenario: Ecology, genomics, distribution, prediction and prevention of the risk

G Perrone, M Ferrara, A Medina, M Pascale, N Magan - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins are very common in food crops, with noticeable differences
in their host specificity in terms of pathogenicity and toxin contamination. In addition, such …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change—A global threat resulting in increasing mycotoxin occurrence

J Kos, M Anić, B Radić, M Zadravec, E Janić Hajnal… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the last decade, scientists have given increasingly frequent warnings about global
warming, linking it to mycotoxin-producing moulds in various geographical regions across …

[HTML][HTML] Aflatoxins: A global concern for food safety, human health and their management

P Kumar, DK Mahato, M Kamle, TK Mohanta… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The aflatoxin producing fungi, Aspergillus spp., are widely spread in nature and have
severely contaminated food supplies of humans and animals, resulting in health hazards …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and effects of mycotoxins on poultry health and performance, and recent development in mycotoxin counteracting strategies

GR Murugesan, DR Ledoux, K Naehrer, F Berthiller… - Poultry science, 2015 - Elsevier
Extensive research over the last couple of decades has made it obvious that mycotoxins are
commonly prevalent in majority of feed ingredients. A worldwide mycotoxin survey in 2013 …

Potential economic losses to the US corn industry from aflatoxin contamination

NJ Mitchell, E Bowers, C Hurburgh… - Food Additives & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Mycotoxins, toxins produced by fungi that colonise food crops, can pose a heavy economic
burden to the US corn industry. In terms of economic burden, aflatoxins are the most …

Climate change, food security and mycotoxins: Do we know enough?

A Medina, A Akbar, A Baazeem, A Rodriguez… - Fungal biology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Climate change (CC) scenarios are predicted to have significant effects on the security of
staple commodities. A key component of this impact is the infection of such crops by …

Mycotoxin contamination of the feed supply chain: Implications for animal productivity and feed security

WL Bryden - Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
Fungi are ubiquitous and formation of mycotoxins can occur in all agricultural commodities
under appropriate field or storage conditions throughout the animal feed supply chain. In this …

Mycotoxin occurrence in feed and feed raw materials worldwide: long‐term analysis with special focus on Europe and Asia

E Streit, K Naehrer, I Rodrigues… - Journal of the Science …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During an 8‐year period, 17 316 samples of feed and feed raw materials from all
over the world were analysed for contamination with aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, zearalenone …

Aflatoxins and growth impairment: a review

P Khlangwiset, GS Shephard, F Wu - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Aflatoxins, fungal toxins produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus in a
variety of food crops, are well known as potent human hepatocarcinogens. Relatively less …