Food contagion with aflatoxins is the modern concern and has received a great awareness
during the last few decades. The intermittent incidence of these toxins in agricultural …

This review focuses on the fumonisin-producing Fusarium species and the ecophysiology of
these species. The effects of environmental biotic and abiotic factors on germination, growth …

Consecutive outbreaks of acute aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004 and 2005 caused> 150
deaths. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health …

Moulds and associated mycotoxins are important factors adversely affecting foods produced
using contaminated plant products or animal products derived from animals fed on …

We conducted a survey of aflatoxin and fumonisin in maize in western Kenya. In a regional
survey of aflatoxin conducted in 2009 across three agroecological zones within three …

The natural occurrence of Fusarium and fumonisin contamination was evaluated from 1999
to 2003 in both preharvest and stored maize produced by small-scale farmers in four …

A total of 180 maize samples meant for human consumption from four maize-producing
states of southwestern Nigeria were screened for twelve major Fusarium mycotoxins …

The two major fumonisin-producing Fusarium species are Fusarium verticillioides and
Fusarium proliferatum. The growth and fumonisin production of these two isolates on corn …

The major objective of this study was to develop validated models to describe the effect of
aw and temperature on the radial growth on corn of the two major fumonisin producing …

The purpose of this study was to measure the potential levels of fumonisin B 1 (FB 1) and
fumonisin B 2 (FB 2) contamination in several herbal teas and medicinal plants that are …