mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi following their infestation of food crops.one of the effective approaches to control aflatoxicosis is the use of adsorbents. the aim thusfollowed in the present study was a comparison of various adsorbents viz. bentonite, zeolite, vs. anorganic commercial adsorbent (mycosorb) and a mineral – organic commercial adsorbent (biotox)regarding th...

BACKGROUND Aflatoxins are serious hazard to poultry industry and human health. Broiler chickens fed on aflatoxin contaminated feed develop various abnormal signs and behavior including less attraction toward feed, abnormal faeces consistency, growth retardation, dirty and ruffled feather, abnormal organs size and weight and blood serum biochemistry. Therefore the study was aimed to detoxify afl...

Background: This study intended to assess individual and combined adsorption potentials of three adsorbents (processed bentonite as an inorganic adsorbent, and cell walls of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and of the GG strain of Lactobacillus rhamnosus as organic adsorbents) for aflatoxin B1 and ochratoxin A under in vitro conditions. Methods: This study was conducted in Ferdowsi University of Mashh...

Aflatoxin is one of the most important topics of research in food contamination . Aflatoxin, a member of the Mycotoxin family, is a secondary metabolite of molds such as Aspergillus Flavus and Aspergillus Parasiticus . These fungi also pollute the crops during production and storage . In the case of the products’ contamination with spores in the desired temperature and humidity conditions, the ...

Abstract Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a highly toxic mycotoxin that enters the human body through food chain and poses serious threat to health. In this paper, polydopamine (PDA)-coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4@PDA MNPs) were prepared by co-precipitation method enrich aflatoxin from edible oil. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelec...

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), among other aflatoxins of the aflatoxin family, is the most carcinogenic and hazardous mycotoxin to animals and human beings with very high potency leading to aflatoxicosis. Selenium is an essential trace mineral possessing powerful antioxidant functions. Selenium is widely reported as an effective antioxidant against aflatoxicosis. By preventing oxidative liver damage, sup...

In the present study, the aflatoxin B1 contamination at various stages of oil refining and in refined oil were carried out. This was subsequently compared with commercial vegetable oil samples. Among the 23 different sunflower oil samples were tested, 10 of them showed positive results to AFB1 and the remaining 13 showed negative results to AFB1. All the refined oil samples were free from AFB1 ...