Aflatoxins in cereals and cereal-based products: Occurrence, toxicity, impact on human health, and their detoxification and management strategies

P Kumar, A Gupta, DK Mahato, S Pandhi, AK Pandey… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cereals and cereal-based products are primary sources of nutrition across the world.
However, contamination of these foods with aflatoxins (AFs), secondary metabolites …

Medicinal plants used for treating cancer in Kenya: an ethnopharmacological overview

T Omara, MP Odero, SB Obakiro - Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2022 - Springer
Background Cancer is one of the major causes of mortality worldwide. Though 30% of
cancers can be treated when detected at early stages, their treatment has been …

May phytophenolics alleviate aflatoxins-induced health challenges? A holistic insight on current landscape and future prospects

H Rasouli, FD Nayeri, R Khodarahmi - Frontiers in nutrition, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The future GCC-connected environmental risk factors expedited the progression of nCDs.
Indeed, the emergence of AFs is becoming a global food security concern. AFs are lethal …

Pre- and post-harvest aflatoxin contamination and management strategies of Aspergillus spoilage in East African Community maize: review of etiology and climatic …

G Gachara, R Suleiman, B Kilima, M Taoussi… - Mycotoxin …, 2024 - Springer
Globally, maize (Zea mays L.) is deemed an important cereal that serves as a staple food
and feed for humans and animals, respectively. Across the East African Community, maize is …

Public health concerns for food contamination in Ghana: A scoping review

NN Botha, EW Ansah, CE Segbedzi, S Darkwa - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Nutrition is sturdily and rapidly becoming the foremost determinant of health in today's Sars-
Cov-2 and climate change ravaged world. While safe food sustains life, contamination …

Soil and human health: Understanding agricultural and socio-environmental risk and resilience in the age of climate change

JB Faye, YA Braun - Health & Place, 2022 - Elsevier
Prolonged monocropping of commodity crops, such as peanuts (Arachis hypogea L.) in
West Africa, typically strips nutrients from soils and may exacerbate vulnerability to insects …

Intraspecific Variation of Phytochemicals, Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Activities of Different Solvent Extracts of Albizia coriaria Leaves from Some Agroecological …

T Omara, AK Kiprop, VJ Kosgei - … ‐Based Complementary and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Albizia coriaria Welw ex. Oliver is a customary African medicinal plant, which has a long
history of utilization in the management of oxidative stress‐induced and bacterial diseases …

Evaluation of performance of metal oxide electronic nose for detection of aflatoxin in artificially and naturally contaminated maize

CW Machungo, AZ Berna, D McNevin, R Wang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aflatoxins are of great concern for food safety and security due to their impact on human
health and the agriculture economy in developing countries. This study aimed to evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] Apoptosis mediated by crosstalk between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum: A possible cause of citrinin disruption of the intestinal barrier

Y Li, Y Wang, Z Jiang, C Yang, Y Wu, A Wu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Citrinin (CTN) is a mycotoxin commonly found in contaminated foods and feed, posing
health risks to both humans and animals. However, the mechanism by which CTN damages …

Nanomaterial-based sensors as potential remedy for detection of biotoxins

JK Rajput - Food control, 2022 - Elsevier
Food safety concerns have been haunting the human population since ancient times. There
have been instances when the food safety was compromised which lead to deteriorating …