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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

Displaying 1726 - 1750 of 2013

  1. The capacity of silage inoculant bacteria to bind aflatoxin B1 in vitro and in artificially contaminated corn silage

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 12 July 2017


      Author(s): Z.X. Ma, F.X. Amaro, J.J. Romero, O.G. Pereira, K.C. Jeong, A.T. Adesogan

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  2. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 218: Genotypic Regulation of Aflatoxin Accumulation but Not Aspergillus Fungal Growth upon Post-Harvest Infection of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Seeds

    • Toxins

    • Aflatoxin contamination is a major economic and food safety concern for the peanut industry that largely could be mitigated by genetic resistance. To screen peanut for aflatoxin resistance, ten genotypes were infected with a green fluorescent protein (GFP)—expressing Aspergillus flavus strain. Percentages of fungal infected area and fungal GFP signal intensity were documented by visual ratings every 8 h for 72 h after inoculation.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  3. Inhibitory effects of cinnamon, clove and celak extracts on growth of Aspergillus flavus and its aflatoxins after spraying on pistachio nuts before cold storage

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  4. Aflatoxins occurrence through the food chain in Costa Rica: Applying the One Health approach to mycotoxin surveillance

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: December 2017
      , Volume 82

      Author(s): Fabio Granados-Chinchilla, Andrea Molina, Guadalupe Chavarría, Margarita Alfaro-Cascante, Diego Bogantes-Ledezma, Adriana Murillo-Williams

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  5. Evolution of polyketide synthesis in a Dothideomycete forest pathogen

    • Fungal Genetics and Biology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 July 2017


      Author(s): I. Kutay Ozturk, Pranav Chettri, Pierre-Yves Dupont, Irene Barnes, Rebecca L. McDougal, Geromy G. Moore, Andre Sim, Rosie E. Bradshaw

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  6. Fumigation of Brazil nuts with allyl isothiocyanate to inhibit the growth of Aspergillus parasiticus and aflatoxin production

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • Abstract

      BACKGROUND

      Brazil produces approximately 40,000 tons of Brazil nuts annually, which is commonly contaminated with fungi and mycotoxins. Gaseous allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) was used to inhibit the growth of Aspergillus parasiticus and its production of aflatoxins (AFs) in Brazil nuts.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  7. Yeast - Probiotic coctile strains supplemented babies' Cerelac induce highly potential aflatoxins detoxification both in vitro and in vivo in mother and babies albino rats

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • ABSTRACT

      Background

      Aflatoxins (AFs) are a group of toxic, nephrototoxic, hepatotoxic and carcinogenic fungal metabolites. Thus, using of heat acid treated; Yeasts, Probiotic bacteria and their combination were used to remove AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, and AFG2 from human and animal food.

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  8. Eu3+-labeled IgG-based time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for high sensitive detection of aflatoxins B1 in feed

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • Abstract

      BACKGROUND

      Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a kind of toxic and carcinogenic mycotoxin. A time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TRFIA) was established for quantitative detection of AFB1 in feed using Eu3+-labled IgG as the tracer.

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  9. Survey of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in retail market chilies and chili sauce samples

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2017
      , Volume 81

      Author(s): Shahzad Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Rafique Asi, Zahid Mehmood, Amna Mumtaz, Noeen Malik

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  10. Aflatoxin M1 contamination in raw milk from major milk-producing areas of China during four seasons of 2016

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: December 2017
      , Volume 82

      Author(s): Songli Li, Li Min, Pengpeng Wang, Yangdong Zhang, Nan Zheng, Jiaqi Wang

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  11. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 207: Occurrence of Regulated Mycotoxins and Other Microbial Metabolites in Dried Cassava Products from Nigeria

    • Toxins

    • Dried cassava products are perceived as one of the potential sources of mycotoxin ingestion in human foods. Processing either contributes to the reduction of toxins or further exposes products to contamination by microorganisms that release metabolic toxins into the products. Thus, the prevalence of microbial metabolites in 373 processed cassava products was investigated in Nigeria.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  12. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 203: Study on the Association among Mycotoxins and other Variables in Children with Autism

    • Toxins

    • Environmental factors and genetic susceptibility are implicated in the increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mycotoxins are agricultural contaminants of fungal origin that represent real risk factors for human health and especially for children. Thus, the main hypothesis of this work is that the deterioration of the clinical manifestation of autism in children may result from the exposure to mycotoxins through the consumption of contaminated food.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  13. Influences of pretreatment and drying methods on composition, micro/molecular structures and some health-related functional characteristics of dietary fibre powder from orange pulp residues

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  14. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 194: Occurrence of Penicillium brocae and Penicillium citreonigrum, which Produce a Mutagenic Metabolite and a Mycotoxin Citreoviridin, Respectively, in Selected Commercially Available Rice Grains in Thailand

    • Toxins

    • Commercially available rice grains in Thailand were examined to isolate the monoverticillate Penicillium species responsible for toxic yellowed rice. Penicillium species were obtained from seven out of 10 rice samples tested. Among them, one Penicillium citreonigrum isolate and six Penicillium brocae isolates were morphologically identified. The P. citreonigrum isolate produced the mycotoxin citreoviridin on a yeast extract sucrose broth medium.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  15. Gene expression as a good indicator of aflatoxin contamination in dry-cured ham

    • Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: October 2017
      , Volume 67

      Author(s): Belén Peromingo, Mar Rodríguez, Josué Delgado, María J. Andrade, Alicia Rodríguez

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. Antimicrobial packaging based on ɛ-polylysine bioactive film for the control of mycotoxigenic fungi in vitro and in bread

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Aflatoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  17. Control of aflatoxigenic strains by Cinnamomum porrectum essential oil

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Interactions between water activity and temperature on the Aspergillus flavus transcriptome and aflatoxin B1 production

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 1 September 2017
      , Volume 256

      Author(s): Angel Medina, Matthew K. Gilbert, Brian M. Mack, Gregory R. OBrian, Alicia Rodríguez, Deepak Bhatnagar, Gary Payne, Naresh Magan

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  19. Aflatoxin B1 inhibition in Aspergillus flavus by Aspergillus niger through down-regulating expression of major biosynthetic genes and AFB1 degradation by atoxigenic A. flavus

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 1 September 2017
      , Volume 256

      Author(s): Fuguo Xing, Limin Wang, Xiao Liu, Jonathan Nimal Selvaraj, Yan Wang, Yueju Zhao, Yang Liu

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  20. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 185: Aflatoxin B1 Tolerance and Accumulation in Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) and Yellow Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)

    • Toxins

    • Crops contaminated with fungal mycotoxins such as aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) are often downgraded or removed from the food chain. This study aimed to evaluate the tolerance and accumulation of AFB1 in two insect species to determine whether they could be used to retain condemned mycotoxin contaminated crops in the food chain.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  21. Co-occurrence of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in dried fruits in Iran: Dietary exposure risk assessment

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 106, Part A

      Author(s): Ali Heshmati, Tahereh Zohrevand, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Amir Sasan Mozaffari Nejad, Anderson S. Sant’Ana

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  22. Chemically characterized Mentha cardiaca L. essential oil as plant based preservative in view of efficacy against biodeteriorating fungi of dry fruits, aflatoxin secretion, lipid peroxidation and safety profile assessment

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 106, Part A

      Author(s): Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy, Bhanu Prakash, Chandan Singh Chanotiya, Deepa Bisht, Nawal Kishore Dubey

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. A survey on the Aflatoxin M1 occurrence and seasonal variation in buffalo and cow milk from Southern Italy

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2017
      , Volume 81

      Author(s): Antonella De Roma, Carmela Rossini, Alberto Ritieni, Pasquale Gallo, Mauro Esposito

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  24. The influence of ecophysiological factors on growth, aflR gene expression and aflatoxin B1 production by a type strain of Aspergillus flavus

    • LWT

    • Publication date: 15 September 2017
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 83

      Author(s): Victoria Bernáldez, Juan J. Córdoba, Naresh Magan, Belén Peromingo, Alicia Rodríguez

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  25. Aflatoxin contamination of dried red chilies: Contrasts between the United States and Nigeria, two markets differing in regulation enforcement

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2017
      , Volume 80

      Author(s): Pummi Singh, Peter J. Cotty

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins