Aflatoxin contamination in food crops: causes, detection, and management: a review

A Kumar, H Pathak, S Bhadauria, J Sudan - Food Production, Processing …, 2021 - Springer
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by several fungal species and molds.
Under favorable conditions like high temperature and moisture, they contaminate a large …

Curcuma longa L. Rhizome Essential Oil from Extraction to Its Agri-Food Applications. A Review

MD Ibáñez, MA Blázquez - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Curcuma longa L. rhizome essential oil is a valuable product in pharmaceutical industry due
to its wide beneficial health effects. Novel applications in the agri-food industry where more …

Biological Control of Aspergillus flavus by the Yeast Aureobasidium pullulans In Vitro and on Tomato Fruit

I Podgórska-Kryszczuk - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aspergillus flavus is an important pathogenic fungus affecting many crops and is one of the
main sources of their aflatoxin contamination. The primary method of limiting this pathogen …

Spherical Fe2O3 nanoparticles inhibit the production of aflatoxins (B1 and B2) and regulate total soluble solids and titratable acidity of peach fruit

M Akbar, N Ali, M Imran, A Hussain, SW Hassan… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aflatoxin is a group I carcinogen and causes significant public health and food safety risks,
throughout the world. This study was carried out to assess the levels of aflatoxin …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of Aspergillus species associated with plant diseases

L Zakaria - Pathogens, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The genus Aspergillus contains several species that are important plant pathogens. Plant
pathogenic Aspergillus spp. affect agricultural crops in the field as well as after harvest, often …

Mycobiota associated with strawberry fruits, their mycotoxin potential and pectinase activity

MA Hussein, AHM El-Said, AS Yassein - Mycology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Forty-three species and variety belonging to 15 genera were collected from 30 strawberry
fruit samples on Glucose-Czapek's agar medium. Among them, Aspergillus flavus …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the effect of nanocellulose edible coating on strawberries inoculated with Aspergillus flavus through image analysis

L Rabasco-Vílchez, F Jiménez-Jiménez, A Possas… - LWT, 2024 - Elsevier
The impact of a coating solution containing chitosan, lignocellulosic nanofibers (LCNF), and
raspberry leaf extract on strawberry quality was assessed. Strawberries were coated …

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Some Alternaria Species Isolated from Tomato Fruits Concerning Mycotoxin Production and Polyketide Synthase …

A Saleem, AA El-Shahir - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) are one of the main crops grown in Egypt. The fungal
black spot illness of fruits is usually associated with the secretion of mycotoxin by Alternaria …

Aflatoxins in food: Prevalence, health effects, and emerging trends in its mitigation—An updated review

B Balan, AS Dhaulaniya, M Kumar… - Food Safety and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by a variety of fungal and mold species.
One of the mycotoxin families that is often regarded as the most concerned one in human …

[HTML][HTML] Biofabrication of magnetic nanoparticles and their use as carriers for pectinase and xylanase

SS Hassan, B Duffy, GA Williams, AK Jaiswal - OpenNano, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) were synthesized via
exposure of fungal cell filtrate from Aspergillus flavus to aqueous iron ions. The extracellular …