Aflatoxin in foodstuffs: Occurrence and recent advances in decontamination

A Ismail, BL Gonçalves, DV de Neeff… - Food Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are highly toxic compounds produced as secondary metabolites by some
Aspergillus species, whose occurrence have been reported predominantly in several types …

Novel strategies for degradation of aflatoxins in food and feed: A review

Y Guo, L Zhao, Q Ma, C Ji - Food Research International, 2021 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are toxic secondary metabolites mainly produced by Aspergillus fungi, posing
high carcinogenic potency in humans and animals. Dietary exposure to aflatoxins is a global …

[HTML][HTML] Review on biological degradation of mycotoxins

C Ji, Y Fan, L Zhao - Animal nutrition, 2016 - Elsevier
The worldwide contamination of feeds and foods with mycotoxins is a significant problem.
Mycotoxins pose huge health threat to animals and humans. As well, mycotoxins bring …

Characteristics, occurrence, detection and detoxification of aflatoxins in foods and feeds

A Nazhand, A Durazzo, M Lucarini, EB Souto, A Santini - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mycotoxin contamination continues to be a food safety concern globally, with the most toxic
being aflatoxins. On-farm aflatoxins, during food transit or storage, directly or indirectly result …

Enzymes for detoxification of various mycotoxins: origins and mechanisms of catalytic action

I Lyagin, E Efremenko - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mycotoxins are highly dangerous natural compounds produced by various fungi. Enzymatic
transformation seems to be the most promising method for detoxification of mycotoxins. This …

Biotechnology of mycotoxins detoxification using microorganisms and enzymes

FB Taheur, B Kouidhi, YMA Al Qurashi… - Toxicon, 2019 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by various toxigenic fungi belonging to the
genera Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium. They have mutagenic, teratogenic …

CotA laccase, a novel aflatoxin oxidase from Bacillus licheniformis, transforms aflatoxin B1 to aflatoxin Q1 and epi-aflatoxin Q1

Y Guo, X Qin, Y Tang, Q Ma, J Zhang, L Zhao - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, the CotA protein from Bacillus licheniformis ANSB821 was cloned and
expressed in Escherichia coli. Apart from the laccase activities, we found that the …

Recent technological advances in mechanism, toxicity, and food perspectives of enzyme-mediated aflatoxin degradation

V Kumar, A Bahuguna, S Ramalingam… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aflatoxins are carcinogenic secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus section Flavi
that contaminates a wide variety of food and feed products and is responsible for serious …

The metabolism and biotransformation of AFB1: Key enzymes and pathways

L Wang, Q Huang, J Wu, W Wu, J Jiang, H Yan… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxins B 1 (AFB 1) is a hepatoxic compound produced by Aspergillus flavus and
Aspergillus parasiticus, seriously threatening food safety and the health of humans and …

Current review of mycotoxin biodegradation and bioadsorption: microorganisms, mechanisms, and main important applications

S Ndiaye, M Zhang, M Fall, NM Ayessou, Q Zhang, P Li - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi. Food/feed contamination by
mycotoxins is a great threat to food safety. The contamination can occur along the food chain …