2017
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02170
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Aflatoxins: A Global Concern for Food Safety, Human Health and Their Management

Abstract: The aflatoxin producing fungi, Aspergillus spp., are widely spread in nature and have severely contaminated food supplies of humans and animals, resulting in health hazards and even death. Therefore, there is great demand for aflatoxins research to develop suitable methods for their quantification, precise detection and control to ensure the safety of consumers’ health. Here, the chemistry and biosynthesis process of the mycotoxins is discussed in brief along with their occurrence, and the health hazards to hu… Show more

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“…With the discovery of a sexual stage, A. flavus sclerotia were shown to function as fruiting bodies, termed stromata, that harbor the sexual ascospores 2) . A. flavus is a frequent contaminant of agricultural crops such as maize, peanut, cottonseed, and a number of tree nuts, both pre-and post-harvest, where it produces the toxic and carcinogenic group of SMs known as aflatoxins (AFs) 3) . Contamination of susceptible crops with AFs poses serious health risks in developing countries and significant economic losses in the U.S. and other developed countries 4,5) .…”
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“…With the discovery of a sexual stage, A. flavus sclerotia were shown to function as fruiting bodies, termed stromata, that harbor the sexual ascospores 2) . A. flavus is a frequent contaminant of agricultural crops such as maize, peanut, cottonseed, and a number of tree nuts, both pre-and post-harvest, where it produces the toxic and carcinogenic group of SMs known as aflatoxins (AFs) 3) . Contamination of susceptible crops with AFs poses serious health risks in developing countries and significant economic losses in the U.S. and other developed countries 4,5) .…”
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“…As implicações para a saúde humana e animal decorrentes da ingestão de AFB1 são proporcionais à intensidade e ao tempo de exposição à micotoxina, constatando-se, como consequência da aflatoxicose aguda, dor abdominal, febre, vômito e hepatite, e como efeitos crônicos a imunossupressão e a hepatocarcinogênese (KENSLER et al, 2011;KUMAR et al, 2017). Em contrapartida, recentes estudos tem demonstrado que a proteína ArtinM, uma lectina extraída de sementes da jaqueira, exibe um potencial efeito anticarcinogênico (CARVALHO et al, 2011;BRAZ et al, 2016) (UEDA et al, 1995;O'BRATE, GIANNAKAKOU, 2003).…”
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“…Os principais tipos de interesse médico-sanitário são as aflatoxinas B1 e B2 (AFB1 e AFB2), e G1 e G2 (CREPPY, 2002;KUMAR et al, 2017;SCAGLIONI et al, 2014). As aflatoxinas M1 e M2 são metabolitos de AFB1 e AFB2, e podem ser isolados do leite e da urina de animais que ingeriram alimentos contaminados.…”
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