Early life exposure to dietary aflatoxins, health impact and control perspectives: A review

A Ismail, I Naeem, YY Gong, MN Routledge… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The initial stages of human life including the fetal period, infancy and early
childhood are the most critical periods of human growth and development. Due to immature …

Biomonitoring and determinants of mycotoxin exposures from pregnancy until post-lactation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women from Harare, Zimbabwe

TC Murashiki, AJ Mazhandu… - Food Additives & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) heavily affects women from resource-limited
settings who are vulnerable to potentially harmful mycotoxins including aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) …

Association between anaemia and aflatoxin B1 and fumonisin B1 exposure in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women from Harare, Zimbabwe

TC Murashiki, AJ Mazhandu, RBL Zinyama-Gutsire… - Mycotoxin …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and fumonisin B1 (FB1) are poisons that contaminate poorly
stored staple foods in resource-limited settings. Antenatal AFB1 and FB1 exposure may …

Agricultural and nutritional education interventions for reducing aflatoxin exposure to improve infant and child growth in low‐and middle‐income countries

ME Visser, A Schoonees, CN Ezekiel… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Aflatoxins are carcinogenic mycotoxins that contaminate many food crops.
Maize and groundnuts are prone to aflatoxin contamination, and are the major sources of …

Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children

RN Wangia-Dixon, THT Quach, X Song… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals with a carry-over
effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised on contaminated feed. In children …

Impact of adopting maize hermetic storage technologies on smallholder farmers' income in Gatsibo District, Rwanda

GU Benimana, C Ritho, P Irungu - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Rapid population growth has increased the global demand for food. However, some studies
have revealed that more than one-third of the global food production is lost during …

Farmer research networks enable community-based mycotoxin management in rural Indian villages

AJ Wenndt, HK Sudini, P **ali, R Nelson - Agricultural Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Mycotoxins and other food safety and preservation challenges are prevalent in
smallholder food systems, and communities often lack the knowledge and capacity required …

Occurrence of aflatoxins and associated risk factors in dairy value chain in selected districts of three agro-ecological zones in Tanzania

S Kitigwa - 2023 - dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz
Aflatoxins are natural compounds produced by specific type of fungi, which contaminate
foods and animal feeds. This study assessed the occurrence of aflatoxins and associated …