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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.

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  1. Metal distribution and biological diversity of crusts in paddy fields polluted with different levels of cadmium

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Huijuan Song, Liang Peng, Zhiyi Li, Xiaozhou Deng, Jihai Shao, Ji-dong Gu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Spatial and temporal variation, source profile of PCDD/Fs in the atmosphere of a municipal waste incinerator in China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Congcong Zhang, Xiaoxiu Li, Zhiguang Zhou

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Effectiveness of the Zea mays-Streptomyces association for the phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons impacted soils

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Hafida Baoune, Juan Daniel Aparicio, Adrian Acuña, Aminata Ould El Hadj-khelil, Leandro Sanchez, Marta Alejandra Polti, Analia Alvarez

      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Binding characteristics of cadmium and zinc onto soil organic matter in different water managements and rhizosphere environments

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Jiajun Wen, Zhongwu Li, Ninglin Luo, Mei Huang, Xiang Ding, Xianrong Bu, Ming Chen

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Soil attribute regulates assimilation of roxarsone metabolites by rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lixian Yao, Manus P. Carey, Jiawen Zhong, Cuihua Bai, Changmin Zhou, Andrew A. Meharg

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Cupriavidus sp. strain Cd02-mediated pH increase favoring bioprecipitation of Cd2+ in medium and reduction of cadmium bioavailability in paddy soil

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Feng Li, Yang Zheng, Jiang Tian, Fei Ge, Xingwang Liu, Yixin Tang, Chuang Feng

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Destruction of dioxin and furan pollutants via electrophilic attack of singlet oxygen

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Nassim Zeinali, Ibukun Oluwoye, Mohammednoor Altarawneh, Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) remain of particular concern owing to their extensive toxicity towards health and accumulation in the environment. Atmospheric oxidation (by ambient oxygen molecules) of this class of persistent environmental pollutants has little to no kinetic feasibility due to very sizable activation energies in the entrance channel.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Dioxins

  8. Differences in cadmium absorption by 71 leaf vegetable varieties from different families and genera and their health risk assessment

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): HuaWei Fang, WuShuang Li, ShuXin Tu, YongZhen Ding, RuiGang Wang, Christopher Rensing, YuanPing Li, RenWei Feng

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Cadmium allocation to grains in durum wheat exposed to low Cd concentrations in hydroponics

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): B.F. Yan, C. Nguyen, O.S. Pokrovsky, F. Candaudap, C. Coriou, S. Bussière, T. Robert, J.Y. Cornu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. MicroRNA profiling in kidney in pigs fed ochratoxin A contaminated diet

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Daniela Eliza Marin, Cornelia Braicu, Gabi Dumitrescu, Gina C. Pistol, Roxana Cojocneanu, Ioana Berindan Neagoe, Ionelia Taranu

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  11. Sulfur application modifies cadmium availability and transfer in the soil-rice system under unstable pe+pH conditions

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Han Zheng, Meng Wang, Shibao Chen, Shanshan Li, Xiaoqin Lei

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Integrating metabolomics and physiological analysis to investigate the toxicological mechanisms of sewage sludge-derived biochars to wheat

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lulu Kong, Jingze Liu, Qian Han, Qixing Zhou, Junliang He

      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Bisphenol A analogs in patients with chronic kidney disease and dialysis therapy

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yue Shen, Tingyan Liu, Yuanyuan Shi, Feng Zhuang, Jianxin Lu, Qiuyu Zhu, Feng Ding

      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Ultrasonic seed treatment improved cadmium (Cd) tolerance in Brassica napus L.

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Gangshun Rao, Suihua Huang, Umair Ashraf, Zhaowen Mo, Meiyang Duan, Shenggang Pan, Xiangru Tang

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  15. The Efficacy of Sodium Bentonite or Coumarin to Alleviate the Toxicity of Aflatoxin B1 in Rabbits Diets

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): Ayman A. Hassan, Salma H. Abu Hafsa, Mona M.M.Y. Elghandour, Poonooru Ravi Kanth Reddy, Jose Cedillo Monroy, Abdelfattah Z.M. Salem

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  16. Inhibition of aflatoxin B1 biosynthesis and down regulation of aflR and aflB genes in presence of benzimidazole derivatives without impairing the growth of Aspergillus flavus

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): P. Dhanamjayulu, Ramesh Babu Boga, Alka Mehta

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  17. A study of zearalenone biosorption and metabolisation by prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): Agnieszka Rogowska, Paweł Pomastowski, Katarzyna Rafińska, Viorica Railean-Plugaru, Michał Złoch, Justyna Walczak, Bogusław Buszewski

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  18. Botulinum toxin and occupational therapy for Writer's cramp

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): Jung E. Park, Ejaz A. Shamim, Pattamon Panyakaew, Pawan Mathew, Camilo Toro, Jonathan Sackett, Barbara Karp, Codrin Lungu, Katharine Alter, Tianxia Wu, Omar F. Ahmad, Monica Villegas, Sungyoung Auh, Mark Hallett

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Clostridium botulinum

  19. Employing virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations for identifying hits against the active cholera toxin

    • Toxicon

    • Author(s): Aditi Gangopadhyay, Hirak Jyoti Chakraborty, Abhijit Datta

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio

  20. Adsorption mechanism modeling using lead (Pb) sorption data on modified rice bran-insoluble fiber as universal approach to assess other metals toxicity

    • International Journal of Food Properties
      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Survival and growth of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus on conventional and low‐sodium bacon—A short communication

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • This study was focused on determining survival and growth characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus on conventional (16.7 mg of sodium/g) and low‐sodium (10.7 mg of sodium/g) bacon. The two types of bacon were inoculated with the either L. monocytogenes or S. aureus stored at 4, 12, or 25°C for up to 7 days. Populations of L. monocytogenes and S. aureus did not change significantly on bacon stored at 4 and 12°C, regardless of sodium content. L.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Antibacterial activity of a hexahydro‐β‐acids/methyl‐β‐cyclodextrin inclusion complex against bacteria related to foodborne illness

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • In this study, we investigated the antibacterial activity of hexahydro‐β‐acids/methyl‐β‐cyclodextrin inclusion complex (HBA/M‐β‐CD) and researched its antibacterial mechanism against Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacter sakazakii. The result showed that bacteria had different sensitivities to HBA/M‐β‐CD with diameters of inhibition zones ranging from 7.8 ± 0.5 to 14.8 ± 0.7 mm and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values from 16.25 to 65.00 μg/mL. Among these bacteria, S.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Cronobacter
      • Cronobacter
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Cronobacter
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Real‐time loop‐mediated isothermal amplification assays combined with ethidium monoazide bromide and bentonite coated activated carbon for rapid and sensitive detection of viable Escherichia coli O157:H7 from milk without enrichment

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • A real‐time loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (Rti‐LAMP) DNA assay was developed for rapid and sensitive detection of viable Escherichia coli O157:H7 in milk by combining with ethidium monoazide bromide (EMA) and bentonite coated activated carbon (BCAC) treatment without enrichment. The assay involved inoculating 25 mL portions of milk with various numbers of E. coli O157:H7. Then each of milk sample was adsorbed with 4 g BCAC to remove DNA amplification inhibitor.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Investigation of different interactions between Staphylococcus aureus phages and pomegranate peel, grape seed, and black cumin extracts

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Today, antibiotic resistance is one of the most crucial problems so that researchers have begun to search for alternatives to antibiotics. Among these alternatives, phage therapy and phytotherapy became prominent. The present study aims to put forward a different approach by combining these two methods. For this purpose, Staphylococcus aureus phages were isolated from commercial mixtures.

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Rapid detection of single viable Escherichia coli O157:H7 cells in milk by flow cytometry

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E coli O157:H7) is a highly virulent bacterial strain that is present in food, and as few as 10 cells can cause severe diseases. Rapid and sensitive bacterial detection is urgently required. In this study, we report a flow cytometry (FCM)‐based method for detecting E coli O157:H7 at the single‐cell level. Single E coli O157:H7 cells were obtained by a flow cytometric cell sorter and then artificially added to milk.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Bacterial pathogens