Ecofriendly management of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxin contamination.

Surekha, M.; Reddy, V. Krishna; Reddy, S. M.

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“…The radiation treatment includes UV rays, IR radiation, gamma rays, microwaves, sometimes electron beam radiation, pulsed light, and solar radiation. Surekha et al (2015) demonstrated an effective reduction in AF contamination levels in seeds treated with IR and UV radiation. UV treatment is mostly limited to the cereals industry and has been demonstrated for its promising results in lowering the AF levels (Ghanghro et al, 2016;Mir et al, 2021).…”

Section: Physical Detoxificationmentioning

confidence: 94%

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

Balan,

Dhaulaniya,

Kumar

et al. 2024

Food Safety and Health

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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 and animal feeds, is aflatoxin. Aflatoxins produced by Aspergillus species are very toxic and cause significant contamination of food supplies, resulting in serious health repercussions including carcinogenicity. To date, several regulations on aflatoxin permissible level limits have been established in a number of nations. Based on government guidelines and restrictions, consumers and food producers anticipate that aflatoxin contamination in food should not negatively impact human and animal health. Aflatoxin contamination of food commodities poses a consequential risk to humans and is also associated with substantial financial losses. Conventional mycotoxin reduction strategies involve both preventative and decontamination approaches. The present review gives an update on recent research on conventional approaches, including pre‐ and post‐harvest procedures that could potentially be used to decontaminate aflatoxin. Additionally, the current study delves into the source of contamination, global occurrence, impact on human health, and management strategies to assure food security and safety.

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Section: Physical Detoxificationmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Surekha et al. (2015) demonstrated an effective reduction in AF contamination levels in seeds treated with IR and UV radiation. UV treatment is mostly limited to the cereals industry and has been demonstrated for its promising results in lowering the AF levels (Ghanghro et al., 2016; Mir et al., 2021).…”

Section: Prevention and Mitigation Of Aflatoxinsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Balan,

Dhaulaniya,

Kumar

et al. 2024

Food Safety and Health

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

Kumar

Pathak

Bhadauria³

et al. 2021

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Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by several fungal species and molds. Under favorable conditions like high temperature and moisture, they contaminate a large number of food commodities and regional crops during pre and post-harvesting. Aflatoxin is the main mycotoxin that harm animal and human health due to its carcinogenic nature. Aflatoxins are mainly released by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. AFB1 constitutes the most harmful type of aflatoxins and is a potent hepato-carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic and it suppresses the immune system. To maintain food safety and to prevent aflatoxin contamination in food crops, combined approaches of using resistant varieties along with recommended farming practices should be followed. This review concentrates on various aspects of mycotoxin contamination in crops and recent methods to prevent or minimize the contamination.

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Ecofriendly management of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxin contamination.

Abstract: This chapter focuses on the incidence of mycotoxins in food and feeds and their health hazards, management of mycotoxins, decontamination and detoxification methods, biological methods of mycotoxin control and regulatory measures for the control of mycotoxin contamination.

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

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

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