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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. A study on accumulation of volatile organic compounds during ochratoxin a biosynthesis and characterization of the correlation in Aspergillus carbonarius isolated from grape and dried vine fruit

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 July 2017
      , Volume 227

      Author(s): Xiaoxu Zhang, Zhan Cheng, Liyan Ma, Jingming Li

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  2. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 28: The Antagonistic Effect of Mycotoxins Deoxynivalenol and Zearalenone on Metabolic Profiling in Serum and Liver of Mice

    • Toxins

    • Metabolic profiling in liver and serum of mice was studied for the combined toxic effects of deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN), through gas chromatography mass spectrum. The spectrum of serum and liver sample of mice, treated with individual 2 mg/kg DON, 20 mg/kg ZEN, and the combined DON + ZEN with final concentration 2 mg/kg DON and 20 mg/kg ZEN for 21 days, were deconvoluted, aligned and identified with MS DIAL.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  3. Impact of Fusarium mycotoxins on hepatic and intestinal mRNA expression of cytochrome P450 enzymes and drug transporters, and on the pharmacokinetics of oral enrofloxacin in broiler chickens

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 January 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Gunther Antonissen, Mathias Devreese, Siegrid De Baere, An Martel, Filip Van Immerseel, Siska Croubels

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  4. Transcriptional Analysis of Acinetobacter sp. neg1 Capable of Degrading Ochratoxin A

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Vania C. Liuzzi, Francesca Fanelli, Mariana Tristezza, Miriam Haidukowski, Ernesto Picardi, Caterina Manzari, Claudia Lionetti, Francesco Grieco, Antonio F. Logrieco, Michael R. Thon, Graziano Pesole, Giuseppina Mulè

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  5. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 19: The Status of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Emerging Trends and Post-Harvest Mitigation Strategies towards Food Control

    • Toxins

    • Fusarium fungi are common plant pathogens causing several plant diseases. The presence of these molds in plants exposes crops to toxic secondary metabolites called Fusarium mycotoxins. The most studied Fusarium mycotoxins include fumonisins, zearalenone, and trichothecenes. Studies have highlighted the economic impact of mycotoxins produced by Fusarium.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  6. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 21: Gestational Zearalenone Exposure Causes Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity in Pregnant Rats and Female Offspring

    • Toxins

    • Zearalenone (ZEN) is an oestrogenic mycotoxin commonly found in food and feed products and can affect reproduction and development in both humans and animals. This study aimed to determine the toxic effects of ZEN on maternal SD rats and the F1 female offspring. Sixty-four pregnant rats were divided into 4 groups and exposed to feed contaminated with ZEN (0, 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg feed) on gestational days (GDs) 0–21.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  7. The response of growth and patulin production of postharvest pathogen Penicillium expansum to exogenous potassium phosphite treatment

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 6 March 2017
      , Volume 244

      Author(s): Tongfei Lai, Ying Wang, Yaya Fan, Yingying Zhou, Ying Bao, Ting Zhou

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  8. Graphene Oxide-Based Magnetic Solid Phase Extraction Combined with High Performance Liquid Chromatography for Determination of Patulin in Apple Juice

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  9. Evaluation and Optimization of Three Different Immunoassays for Rapid Detection Zearalenone in Fodders

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  10. A risk assessment of dietary Ochratoxin a in the United States

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 30 December 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Nicole J. Mitchell, Chen Chen, Jeffrey D. Palumbo, Andreia Bianchini, Jack Cappozzo, Jayne Stratton, Dojin Ryu, Felicia Wu

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  11. Removal of fumonisin B1 and B2 from model solutions and red wine using polymeric substances

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 June 2017
      , Volume 224

      Author(s): Verónica Carrasco-Sánchez, Gal Y. Kreitman, Christian Folch-Cano, Ryan J. Elias, V. Felipe Laurie

      • Natural toxins
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Mycotoxins

  12. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 11: Are Treated Celiac Patients at Risk for Mycotoxins? An Italian Case-Study

    • Toxins

    • Urinary biomarkers of mycotoxin exposure were evaluated in a group of celiac patients (n = 55) and in a control group of healthy subjects (n = 50) following their habitual diet. Deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN), and fumonisin B1 (FB1) were monitored in 105 urinary samples collected from the two groups. Dietary habits were also recorded through compilation of a seven-day weighed dietary diary.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  13. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 6: Mycotoxigenic Potentials of Fusarium Species in Various Culture Matrices Revealed by Mycotoxin Profiling

    • Toxins

    • In this study, twenty of the most common Fusarium species were molecularly characterized and inoculated on potato dextrose agar (PDA), rice and maize medium, where thirty three targeted mycotoxins, which might be the secondary metabolites of the identified fungal species, were detected by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  14. Homogeneous Electrochemical Method for Ochratoxin A Determination Based on Target Triggered Aptamer Hairpin Switch and Exonuclease III-Assisted Recycling Amplification

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  15. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 4: Modeling Growth and Toxin Production of Toxigenic Fungi Signaled in Cheese under Different Temperature and Water Activity Regimes

    • Toxins

    • The aim of this study was to investigate in vitro and model the effect of temperature (T) and water activity (aw) conditions on growth and toxin production by some toxigenic fungi signaled in cheese. Aspergillus versicolor, Penicillium camemberti, P. citrinum, P. crustosum, P. nalgiovense, P. nordicum, P. roqueforti, P. verrucosum were considered they were grown under different T (0–40 °C) and aw (0.78–0.99) regimes.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  16. Determination, content analysis and removal efficiency of fining agents on ochratoxin A in Chinese wines

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2017
      , Volume 73, Part B

      Author(s): Xiangyu Sun, Yuxue Niu, Tingting Ma, Pingkang Xu, Weidong Huang, Jicheng Zhan

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  17. Occurrence and co-occurrence of Fusarium mycotoxins in wheat grains and wheat flour from Romania

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2017
      , Volume 73, Part B

      Author(s): Oana Stanciu, Cristina Juan, Doina Miere, Felicia Loghin, Jordi Mañes

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  18. Natural mycotoxin contamination of maize (Zea mays L.) in the South region of Brazil

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2017
      , Volume 73, Part B

      Author(s): Maurício S. Oliveira, Alexandre Rocha, Michael Sulyok, Rudolf Krska, Carlos A. Mallmann

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Aflatoxins

  19. A Polyketide Synthase Encoded by the Gene An15g07920 Is Involved in the Biosynthesis of Ochratoxin A in Aspergillus niger

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • TOC Graphic

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  20. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 370: Frequent Occupational Exposure to Fusarium Mycotoxins of Workers in the Swiss Grain Industry

    • Toxins

    • Type B trichotecens such as deoxynivalenol (DON), 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol (3-ADON), 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol (15-ADON), nivalenol (NIV) and zearalenone (ZEN) are mycotoxins contaminating wheat and wheat dust. Mycotoxins are toxic upon ingestion and considered potentially toxic when inhaled. Whereas dietary exposure to mycotoxins is controlled in food, data on occupational exposure by inhalation by grain workers are scarce.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  21. Synthesis and characterization of nontoxic chitosan-coated Fe3O4 particles for patulin adsorption in a juice-pH simulation aqueous

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 April 2017
      , Volume 221

      Author(s): Ying Luo, Zhengkun Zhou, Tianli Yue

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  22. Potential health benefits and quality of dried fruits: Goji fruits, cranberries and raisins

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 April 2017
      , Volume 221

      Author(s): Magdalena Jeszka-Skowron, Agnieszka Zgoła-Grześkowiak, Ewa Stanisz, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Aflatoxins

  23. Masked trichothecene and zearalenone mycotoxins withstand digestion and absorption in the upper GI tract but are efficiently hydrolyzed by human gut microbiota in vitro

    • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research

    • Scope

      Cereal grains are commonly contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins and their plant-derived masked metabolites. The fate of masked mycotoxins in the human gut is poorly understood. Here we assess the metabolism and transport of glucoside metabolites of common trichothecenes (deoxynivalenol, nivalenol, T-2 toxin) and zearalenone compounds (zearalenone, α- and β-zearalenol) in the human gut in vitro.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  24. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 363: Co-Occurrence of Regulated, Masked and Emerging Mycotoxins and Secondary Metabolites in Finished Feed and Maize—An Extensive Survey

    • Toxins

    • Global trade of agricultural commodities (e.g., animal feed) requires monitoring for fungal toxins. Also, little is known about masked and emerging toxins and metabolites. 1926 samples from 52 countries were analysed for toxins and metabolites. Of 162 compounds detected, up to 68 metabolites were found in a single sample.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  25. Chitosan nanoparticles plus quercetin suppress the oxidative stress, modulate DNA fragmentation and gene expression in the kidney of rats fed ochratoxin A-contaminated diet

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 5 December 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Mosaad A. Abdel-Wahhab, Abdulhadi Aljawish, Aziza A. El-Nekeety, Sekena H. Abdel-Aiezm, Nabila S. Hassan

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins