Methods for detection of aflatoxins in agricultural food crops

AP Wacoo, D Wendiro, PC Vuzi… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aflatoxins are toxic carcinogenic secondary metabolites produced predominantly by two
fungal species: Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. These fungal species are …

Immunoassays for aflatoxins

P Li, Q Zhang, W Zhang - TrAC trends in analytical chemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
Immunoassays for aflatoxin analysis have been regarded as valuable supplements to
existing and rapidly developing chromatographic techniques. We describe six types of …

Evanescent wave fluorescence biosensors: Advances of the last decade

CR Taitt, GP Anderson, FS Ligler - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2016 - Elsevier
Biosensor development has been a highly dynamic field of research and has progressed
rapidly over the past two decades. The advances have accompanied the breakthroughs in …

Research update on aflatoxins toxicity, metabolism, distribution, and detection: A concise overview

V Jaćević, J Dumanović, SY Alomar, R Resanović… - Toxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
Serious health risks associated with the consumption of food products contaminated with
aflatoxins (AFs) are worldwide recognized and depend predominantly on consumed AF …

Development of an ultrasensitive aptasensor for the detection of aflatoxin B1

X Guo, F Wen, N Zheng, Q Luo, H Wang… - Biosensors and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Contamination of feed and food by aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1), one of the most toxic of the
mycotoxins, is a global concern. To prevent food safety scares, and avoid subsequent …

Recent advances in nanomaterial-mediated bio and immune sensors for detection of aflatoxin in food products

R Eivazzadeh-Keihan, P Pashazadeh, M Hejazi… - TrAC trends in analytical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aflatoxin is the most harmful mycotoxin which is ubiquitous in foods and agricultural
supplies. Since the health of human population is largely determined by the condition of …

Microfluidic paper device for rapid detection of aflatoxin B1 using an aptamer based colorimetric assay

A Kasoju, NS Shrikrishna, D Shahdeo, AA Khan… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Contamination of milk by mycotoxins is a serious problem worldwide. Herein, we focused on
the detection of aflatoxin B1 (AflB1) using a paper microfluidic device fabricated with specific …

Aflatoxin analysis at the beginning of the twenty-first century

GS Shephard - Analytical and bioanalytical Chemistry, 2009 - Springer
Aflatoxin mycotoxins were first described in the early 1960s as important fungal toxins, which
contaminate many different human foods and animal feeds. Accurate and sensitive …

Automated analytical microarrays: a critical review

M Seidel, R Niessner - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2008 - Springer
Microarrays provide a powerful analytical tool for the simultaneous detection of multiple
analytes in a single experiment. The specific affinity reaction of nucleic acids (hybridization) …

Rapid and advanced tools for mycotoxin analysis: a review

CM Maragos, M Busman - Food Additives and Contaminants, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The problems associated with mycotoxin contamination of foods and feeds are well
established and, in many cases, have been known for a long time. Consequently, the …