Maize is consumed world-wide as staple food, livestock feed, and industrial raw material. However, it susceptible to fungal attack at risk of aflatoxin contamination under certain conditions. Such a serious threat human animal health. Ensuring that the maize used by food industry meets standards for levels requires significant investment across supply chain. Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) fo...

Aflatoxins are a group of naturally occurring carcinogens that are known to contaminate dif‐ ferent human and animal food stuffs. Aflatoxins are poisonous by-products from soil-borne fungus Aspergillus, which is responsible for the decomposition of plant materials [1-9]. The occurrence of aflatoxins foods and food products vary with geographic location, agricultural and agronomic practices. The...

Aflatoxin contamination resulting from maize infection by Aspergillus flavus is both an economic and a public health concern. Therefore, strategies for controlling aflatoxin contamination in maize are being investigated. The abilities of eleven naturally occurring atoxigenic isolates in Nigeria to reduce aflatoxin contamination in maize were evaluated in grain competition experiments and in fie...

Red chili is amongst the important market commodities mainly for its pungency, color and their respective therapeutic significances. However, the persistence of aflatoxin contamination in chilies at higher levels is raising the health and economic risks. Post harvest practices may play as crucial role to make the red chilies physically damaged that may lead to increase the levels of aflatoxins....

Aflatoxin, the fungal carcinogen first identified in 1960, is now recognized as the prototypical laboratory carcinogen. It causes mutations in the p53 tumor-suppressor gene as well as ras mutations, which are involved in the majority of human cancers. Aflatoxin has been shown to contaminate tobacco products. Tobacco-related cancers, including those associated with ETS, often show the same p53 m...

the aim of this study was to evaluate aflatoxin contamination in feed and milk in dairy farm in kermanshah. alfalfa, corn silage and milk samples from 9 industrial and semi industrial dairy farms were collected during 2 months. blood samples were collected via tail venipuncture from 10 % of dairy cows in each farm for biochemical and hematological parameters. aflatoxin contamination in feeds an...

Five strains ofAspergillusfJavus lacking the ability to produce aflatoxins were examined in greenhouse tests for the ability to prevent a toxigenic strain from contaminating developing cottonseed with aflatoxins. All atoxigenic strains reduced contamination when inoculated into developing bolls 24 h prior to the toxigenic strain. However, only one strain, AF36, was highly effective when inocula...

background: aflatoxins are found in the most types of foods such as corn, peanuts, pistachio, rice, milk, and etc. these toxins may cause several adverse health effects, notably cancer. the main aim of this study was to evaluate excretion level of aflatoxin m1 (afm1), as a biomarker of aflatoxin b1 exposure, in urine samples of iranian population. also, relationship between diet and urinary exc...

Groundnut and maize are among the economically important crops grown widely in Uganda for household food income security. However, those their products vulnerable to aflatoxigenic fungi aflatoxin contamination. The present study sought establish levels of different groundnut local markets roadside retail shops. A cross-sectional survey was conducted ten districts eastern northern regions Uganda...

Preand postharvest contamination of aflatoxin in maize is a major health deterrent for people in Africa where maize production has increased dramatically. This chapter highlights management options for preand postharvest toxin contamination in maize. Sound crop management practices are an effective way of avoiding, or at least diminishing, infection by Aspergillus jlavus and subsequent aflatoxi...