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| | Aflatoxin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | There are two techniques that have been used most often to detect levels of aflatoxin in humans. | | | However, this technique has a significant flaw in that it only produces a positive result in approximately one-third of positive test subjects. | | | Presence of this breakdown product indicates exposure to aflatoxin in the past 24 hours. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aflatoxin
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| | Aflatoxin |
| | This was observed in most of the experimental models, and it is presumed that this is the major reason for aflatoxin carcinogenecity (Katherine et al 1997, Railey et al 97). | | | Approaches such as developing resistant varieties, biological control, agronomic practices and Integrated Aflatoxin management are exploited. | | | After wide experimentation on many animal species like rats, rainbow trout's, aflatoxin especially aflatoxin B1 is confirmed as a potential carcinogen (IARC 1993). |
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http://www.aflatoxin.info/health.asp
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| | Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station - Delta Research Center |
| | The use of a blacklight is a screening technique that indicates potential aflatoxin problems but does not give quantitative results. | | | The aflatoxin problem in southeast Missouri was severe. | | | The blacklight test may result in false positives and is not the method of choice for most grain buyers. |
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http://aes.missouri.edu/delta/croppest/aflacorn.stm
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| | Modification of Immune Function through Exposure to Dietary Aflatoxin in Gambian Children |
| | Despite data from animal studies, evidence of the immunosuppressive action of aflatoxins in humans is limited to in vitro studies. | | | Aflatoxin exposure can be assessed accurately by measuring aflatoxin-albumin (AF-alb) adducts in peripheral blood (Chapot and Wild 1991; Montesano et al. | | | Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health. |
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http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5753/5753.html
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| | AFLATOXIN M1 (JECFA 47, 2001) |
| | The authors concluded that aflatoxins are a significant co-factor with HBV in the induction of primary liver cancer (Lu et al., 1998). | | | As the metabolism of aflatoxin B in marmosets resembled that in humans more closely than that in macaques, the focus of the study was on marmosets. | | | McGlynn et al., 1999), and the role of nutrients in the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of aflatoxins is corroborated by evidence from experiments in rats (Soni et al., 1997) and in studies summarized in section 2.3.4. |
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http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v47je02.htm
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| | Mycotoxin prevention and control in foodgrains - Control of aflatoxin in maize |
| | Assistance from other countries to provide funding, training and staff is still needed; such support has played a significant role in aflatoxin research in the past. | | | Sophisticated techniques, such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC), are gradually being introduced, and should soon enable a faster and more accurate analysis of samples. | | | Development and evaluation of analytical techniques, both fully quantitative and semi-quantitative, for use in quality control; |
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http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5036E/x5036E0s.htm
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| | IS1563 Minimizing Aflatoxin in Corn |
| | The latter two recommendations, however, will increase the time and expense involved with the analytical procedure and may be impractical in some situations. | | | Also, little hybrid resistance exists and few if any decontamination methods have proven successful and been granted federal approval. | | | Aflatoxin develops in the field when corn is exposed to severe environmental conditions known to stress kernel development and promote fungal infection within the ear. |
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http://msucares.com/pubs/infosheets/is1563.htm
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| | Outbreak of Aflatoxin Poisoning --- Eastern and Central Provinces, Kenya, January--July 2004 |
| | In addition, enhanced surveillance for human aflatoxin poisoning and testing of commercially sold maize for aflatoxin levels will lead to long-term improvements in public health. | | | For every symptomatic case of aflatoxicosis identified, several other persons likely were exposed to unsafe levels of aflatoxin and might face future adverse health consequences. | | | Severe, acute liver injury with high morbidity and mortality has been associated with high-dose exposures to aflatoxins (4). |
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http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5334a4.htm
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| | Aflatoxin M in Milk , NF02-564 |
| | Aflatoxin analytical services are available from many laboratories. | | | If cottonseed or cottonseed meal are in the ration, they may also be sources. | | | To control the amount of aflatoxin present in animal and human foods, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established maximum amounts of aflatoxin that can be present in animal feeds and of AFM1 that can be present in milk. |
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http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/dairy/nf564.htm
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| | "Alfatoxin Contamination" |
| | Users are encouraged to provide feedback and comments. | | | Aflatoxin B1 is positively associated with liver cell cancer, supported by epidemiological studies done in Asia and Africa. | | | Adverse impact on animal and human health with acute toxicological effects such as liver damage and cancer can occur. |
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http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/research/fsheets/fsheet01.htm
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| | AFLATOXIN RESEARCH SHOWS PROMISE |
| | Texas A&M researchers have identified the genes in the fungus that are responsible for making aflatoxin. | | | There is strong evidence that aflatoxin is the leading cause of liver cancer in Africa and China. | | | A biotechnological approach may be the answer that researchers have been looking for, according to Dr. Nancy Keller, plant pathologist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. |
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http://agnews.tamu.edu/stories/PATH/aflares.htm
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| | Aflatoxin from LiveJournal |
| | toxins known as mycotoxins, such as aflatoxin which can cause liver cancer. | | | Dog owners should have their pets examined immediately by a veterinarian if their dog has consumed a... | | | quotHowever, they are something of a Jekyll and Hyde and also produce toxins known as mycotoxins, such as aflatoxin which can cause liver cancer. |
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http://www.ljseek.com/search/Aflatoxin
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Aflatoxin |
| | Although aflatoxins are known to cause cancer in animals, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) allows them at low levels because they are considered "unavoidable contaminants" of these foods. | | | The mold that produces aflatoxin may be found in the following foods: | | | It is not practical to attempt to remove aflatoxin from food products in order to make them safer. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002429.htm
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| | Tobacco Aflatoxin Alert |
| | Aflatoxin is regulated on agricultural commodities by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other worldwide regulatory bodies, but aflatoxin is not regulated on tobacco products. | | | Our goal is to educate the public with respect to this ongoing disaster and to encourage our elected government officials to pass legislation to reduce the harm caused by this most powerful carcinogen in our midst. | | | The multiple cancers caused by aflatoxin in primary and secondary tobacco smoke have caused millions of premature deaths. |
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http://www.tobaccoaflatoxinalert.org
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| | Approved Aflatoxin Testing Facilities |
| | Aflatoxin losses are an insurable cause of loss as long as the grain is tested before being moved into commercial or onfarm storage, or the insured has arranged with the insurance provider to leave representative areas of unharvested crop from which the adjuster can obtain samples for aflatoxin testing. | | | Weather conditions this year have made the mold aflatoxin a threat to this year's corn crop. | | | The facility must be a recognized commercial, government, or university testing lab that uses industry recognized sample sizes, equipment, and procedures for testing aflatoxin. |
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http://www2.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/fields/il_rso/aflatoxin
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