Worldwide aflatoxin contamination of agricultural products and foods: From occurrence to control

A Jallow, H Xie, X Tang, Z Qi, P Li - Comprehensive reviews in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aflatoxins represent a global public health and economic concern as they are responsible
for significant adverse health and economic issues affecting consumers and farmers …

Sustainable agro-food systems for addressing climate change and food security

A Wijerathna-Yapa, R Pathirana - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite world food production keeping pace with population growth because of the Green
Revolution, the United Nations (UN) State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 …

Aflatoxins: History, significant milestones, recent data on their toxicity and ways to mitigation

D Pickova, V Ostry, J Toman, F Malir - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the early 1960s the discovery of aflatoxins began when a total of 100,000 turkey poults
died by hitherto unknown turkey “X” disease in England. The disease was associated with …

Application of blockchain technology in food safety control: current trends and future prospects

Y Xu, X Li, X Zeng, J Cao, W Jiang - Critical reviews in food science …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Blockchain technology is a distributed ledger technology and is expected to face some
difficulties and challenges in various industries due to its transparency, decentralization …

Blockchain: an emerging novel technology to upgrade the current fresh fruit supply chain

Y Zhang, L Chen, M Battino, MA Farag, J Xiao… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background With the globalization of trade, the current fresh fruit supply chain now
incorporates multiple entities, wide distribution, and intricate transactions. This brings about …

An overview of nanomaterial based biosensors for detection of Aflatoxin B1 toxicity in foods

N Yadav, SS Yadav, AK Chhillar, JS Rana - Food and chemical toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is one of the most potent mycotoxin contaminating several
foods and feeds. It suppresses immunity and consequently increases mutagenicity …

Sustaining yield and nutritional quality of peanuts in harsh environments: Physiological and molecular basis of drought and heat stress tolerance

N Puppala, SN Nayak, A Sanz-Saez, C Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is significantly impacting agricultural production worldwide. Peanuts provide
food and nutritional security to millions of people across the globe because of its high …

Mitigating aflatoxin contamination in groundnut through a combination of genetic resistance and post-harvest management practices

MK Pandey, R Kumar, AK Pandey, P Soni… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aflatoxin is considered a “hidden poison” due to its slow and adverse effect on various
biological pathways in humans, particularly among children, in whom it leads to delayed …

Genome editing, gene drives, and synthetic biology: will they contribute to disease-resistant crops, and who will benefit?

KV Pixley, JB Falck-Zepeda, KE Giller… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Genetically engineered crops have been grown for more than 20 years, resulting in
widespread albeit variable benefits for farmers and consumers. We review current, likely …

Prevalence and mitigation of aflatoxins in Kenya (1960-to date)

CK Mutegi, PJ Cotty… - World mycotoxin …, 2018 - wageningenacademic.com
Aflatoxins are highly toxic metabolites of several Aspergillus species widely distributed
throughout the environment. These toxins have adverse effects on humans and livestock at …