Innovative technologies to manage aflatoxins in foods and feeds and the profitability of application–A review

P Udomkun, AN Wiredu, M Nagle, J Müller… - Food control, 2017 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are mainly produced by certain strains of Aspergillus flavus, which are found in
diverse agricultural crops. In many lower-income countries, aflatoxins pose serious public …

Biological control of aflatoxins in Africa: current status and potential challenges in the face of climate change

R Bandyopadhyay, A Ortega-Beltran… - World mycotoxin …, 2016 - wageningenacademic.com
Aflatoxin contamination of crops is frequent in warm regions across the globe, including
large areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Crop contamination with these dangerous toxins …

Taxonomy of Aspergillus section Flavi and their production of aflatoxins, ochratoxins and other mycotoxins

JC Frisvad, V Hubka, CN Ezekiel, SB Hong… - Studies in …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Aflatoxins and ochratoxins are among the most important mycotoxins of all and producers of
both types of mycotoxins are present in Aspergillus section Flavi, albeit never in the same …

Influences of climate on aflatoxin producing fungi and aflatoxin contamination

PJ Cotty, R Jaime-Garcia - International journal of food microbiology, 2007 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are potent mycotoxins that cause developmental and immune system
suppression, cancer, and death. As a result of regulations intended to reduce human …

Two new aflatoxin producing species, and an overview of Aspergillus section Flavi

J Varga, JC Frisvad, RA Samson - Studies in mycology, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Aspergillus subgenus Circumdati section Flavi includes species with usually biseriate
conidial heads, in shades of yellow-green to brown, and dark sclerotia. Several species …

Mycotoxins in Sub-Saharan Africa: Present situation, socio-economic impact, awareness, and outlook

P Udomkun, AN Wiredu, M Nagle, R Bandyopadhyay… - Food Control, 2017 - Elsevier
Many studies have reported the occurrence of mycotoxin in human foods and animal feeds
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, and zearalenone are …

Outbreak of an acute aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004: identification of the causal agent

C Probst, H Njapau, PJ Cotty - Applied and environmental …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Maize contaminated with aflatoxins has been implicated in deadly epidemics in Kenya three
times since 1981, but the fungi contaminating the maize with aflatoxins have not been …

Diversity of aflatoxin-producing fungi and their impact on food safety in sub-Saharan Africa

C Probst, R Bandyopadhyay, PJ Cotty - International Journal of food …, 2014 - Elsevier
Crops frequently contaminated by aflatoxins are important sources of revenue and daily
nourishment in many portions of sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, reports have …

The atoxigenic biocontrol product Aflasafe SN01 is a valuable tool to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of both maize and groundnut cultivated in Senegal

LA Senghor, A Ortega-Beltran, J Atehnkeng… - Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut and maize infected by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi is
common throughout Senegal. The use of biocontrol products containing atoxigenic …

Two novel aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species from Argentinean peanuts

MB Pildain, JC Frisvad, G Vaamonde… - … of Systematic and …, 2008 - microbiologyresearch.org
Two novel species from Aspergillus section Flavi from different species of Arachis (peanuts)
in Argentina are described as Aspergillus arachidicola sp. nov. and Aspergillus …