Mycotoxins in food, recent development in food analysis and future challenges; a review

SZ Iqbal - Current Opinion in Food Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•The presence of mycotoxins in food products is a serious issue.•The sample
selection and extraction process are vital for accurate and reliable results for mycotoxins.•LC …

The occurrence and contamination level of ochratoxin A in plant and animal-derived food commodities

X Li, W Ma, Z Ma, Q Zhang, H Li - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a highly toxic mycotoxin and poses great threat to human health. Due
to its serious toxicity and widespread contamination, great efforts have been made to …

Risk assessment of ochratoxin A in food

EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain … - EFSA …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to update their 2006 opinion on ochratoxin
A (OTA) in food. OTA is produced by fungi of the genus Aspergillus and Penicillium and …

Natural incidence of aflatoxins, ochratoxin A and zearalenone in chicken meat and eggs

SZ Iqbal, S Nisar, MR Asi, S Jinap - Food control, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxins (AFs), ochratoxin A (OTA) and zearalenone (ZEN) were analyzed in 115
chicken meat and 80 eggs samples, collected from central areas of Punjab, Pakistan. The …

Overview of Fungi and Mycotoxin Contamination in Capsicum Pepper and in Its Derivatives

J Costa, R Rodríguez, E Garcia-Cela, A Medina… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Capsicum products are widely commercialised and consumed worldwide. These substrates
present unusual nutritional characteristics for microbial growth. Despite this, the presence of …

The presence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in rice and rice products; and evaluation of dietary intake

SZ Iqbal, MR Asi, U Hanif, M Zuber, S Jinap - Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
In present study aflatoxins (AFs) and ochratoxin A (OTA) were analysed in 208 samples of
rice and products collected from central areas of Punjab, Pakistan. The analysis was carried …

Exposure and risk characterizations of ochratoxins A and aflatoxins through maize (Zea mays) consumed in different agro-ecological zones of Ghana

NK Kortei, T Annan, V Kyei-Baffour, EK Essuman… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mycotoxin contamination of foodstuffs is a serious food safety concern globally as the
prolonged ingestion of these toxins has the tendency to worsen the risk of hepatocellular …

Simultaneous determination of twelve mycotoxins in edible oil, soy sauce and bean sauce by PRiME HLB solid phase extraction combined with HPLC-Orbitrap HRMS

D Luo, J Guan, H Dong, J Chen, M Liang, C Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A solid phase extraction-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem Orbitrap high
resolution mass spectrometry (HPLC-Orbitrap HRMS) method was established for the …

Biocontrol potential of 1-pentanal emitted from lactic acid bacteria strains against Aspergillus flavus in red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

B Li, Z Wang, G Yang, S Huang, S Liao, K Chen, M Du… - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Aflatoxin contamination poses a significant threat to world health and has caused huge
economic losses to countries worldwide. The application of volatile organic compounds …

Assessment of aflatoxins, ochratoxin A and zearalenone in breakfast cereals

SZ Iqbal, T Rabbani, MR Asi, S Jinap - Food chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxins (AFs), ochratoxin A (OTA) and zearalenone (ZEN) were analysed in 237
breakfast cereal samples collected from central areas of Punjab, Pakistan. According to the …