Aflatoxins in cereals and cereal-based products: occurrence, toxicity, impact on human health, and their detoxification and management strategies

• Main Authors: Kumar, Pradeep, Gupta, Akansha, Mahato, Dipendra Kumar, Pandhi, Shikha, Pandey, Arun Kumar, Kargwal, Raveena, Mishra, Sadhna, Suhag, Rajat, Sharma, Nitya, Saurabh, Vivek, Paul, Veena, Kumar, Manoj, Selvakumar, Raman, Gamlath, Shirani, Kamle, Madhu, El Enshasy, Hesham Ali, A. Mokhtar, Jawahir, Harakeh, Steve
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/104657/1/HeshamAliElEnshasy2022_AflatoxinsinCerealsandCerealBasedProducts.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/104657/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14100687
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Cereals and cereal-based products are primary sources of nutrition across the world. However, contamination of these foods with aflatoxins (AFs), secondary metabolites produced by several fungal species, has raised serious concerns. AF generation in innate substrates is influenced by several paramet...