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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. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 273: Different Toxicity Mechanisms for Citrinin and Ochratoxin A Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis in Yeast

    • Toxins

    • Citrinin (CIT) and ochratoxin A (OTA) are important mycotoxins, which frequently co-contaminate foodstuff. In order to assess the toxicologic threat posed by the two mycotoxins separately or in combination, their biological effects were studied here using genomic transcription profiling and specific live cell gene expression reporters in yeast cells.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  2. Biocontrol activity and patulin-removal effects of Bacillus subtilis, Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Agrobacterium tumefaciens against Penicillium expansum

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      This study was conducted to evaluate the biocontrol potential of Bacillus subtilis CICC 10034, Rhodobacter sphaeroides CGMCC 1.2182 and Agrobacterium tumefaciens CGMCC 1.2554 against patulin (PAT)-producer Penicillium expansum and their ability to remove PAT.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  3. Exposure degree of broilers to ochratoxin A through naturally contaminated feed

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  4. Variation in Fumonisin and Ochratoxin Production Associated with Differences in Biosynthetic Gene Content in Aspergillus niger and A. welwitschiae Isolates from Multiple Crop and Geographic Origins

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Antonia Susca, Robert H. Proctor, Massimiliano Morelli, Miriam Haidukowski, Antonia Gallo, Antonio F. Logrieco, Antonio Moretti

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  5. Effect of Fungicides on Growth and Ochratoxin A Production by Aspergillus carbonarius from Brazilian Wine Grapes

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • et al.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  6. Screening of Food Samples for Zearalenone Toxin Using an Electrochemical Bioassay Based on DNA–Zearalenone Interaction

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  7. Degradation of Zearalenone by Essential Oils under In vitro Conditions

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Adam Perczak, Krzysztof Juś, Katarzyna Marchwińska, Daniela Gwiazdowska, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Piotr Goliński

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  8. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 235: A Rapid Assay to Detect Toxigenic Penicillium spp. Contamination in Wine and Musts

    • Toxins

    • Wine and fermenting musts are grape products widely consumed worldwide. Since the presence of mycotoxin-producing fungi may greatly compromise their quality characteristics and safety, there is an increasing need for relatively rapid “user friendly” quantitative assays to detect fungal contamination both in grapes delivered to wineries and in final products. Although other fungi are most frequently involved in grape deterioration, secondary infections by Penicillium spp.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  9. Patulin and ochratoxin A co-occurrence and their bioaccessibility in processed cereal-based foods: A contribution for Portuguese children risk assessment

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 4 August 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Ricardo Assunção, Carla Martins, Didier Dupont, Paula Alvito

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  10. Aflatoxin M1 cytotoxicity against human intestinal Caco-2 cells is enhanced in the presence of other mycotoxins

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 96

      Author(s): Y.N. Gao, J.Q. Wang, S.L. Li, Y.D. Zhang, N. Zheng

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  11. Detection and quantitation of mycotoxins in infant cereals in the U.S. market by LC-MS/MS using a stable isotope dilution assay

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: February 2017
      , Volume 72, Part A

      Author(s): Fadwa Al-Taher, Jack Cappozzo, Jerry Zweigenbaum, Hyun Jung Lee, Lauren Jackson, Dojin Ryu

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins

  12. Cytotoxic effects of zearalenone and its metabolites and antioxidant cell defense in CHO-K1 cells

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 96

      Author(s): Elena Tatay, Guillermina Font, Maria-Jose Ruiz

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  13. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 231: Susceptibility of Broiler Chickens to Coccidiosis When Fed Subclinical Doses of Deoxynivalenol and Fumonisins—Special Emphasis on the Immunological Response and the Mycotoxin Interaction

    • Toxins

    • Deoxynivalenol (DON) and fumonisins (FB) are the most frequently encountered mycotoxins produced by Fusarium species in livestock diets. The effect of subclinical doses of mycotoxins in chickens is largely unknown, and in particular the susceptibility of birds to pathogenic challenge when fed these fungal metabolites. Therefore, the present study reports the effects of DON and FB on chickens challenged with Eimeria spp, responsible for coccidiosis.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  14. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 224: No Association between Mycotoxin Exposure and Autism: A Pilot Case-Control Study in School-Aged Children

    • Toxins

    • Evaluation of environmental risk factors in the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is needed for a more complete understanding of disease etiology and best approaches for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. A pilot experiment in 54 children (n = 25 ASD, n = 29 controls; aged 12.4 ± 3.9 years) screened for 87 urinary mycotoxins via liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to assess current exposure.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  15. Arginine acts as an inhibitor of the biosynthesis of several mycotoxins

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 17 October 2016
      , Volume 235

      Author(s): Najim Touhami, Katharina Buhl, Markus Schmidt-Heydt, Rolf Geisen

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. Storage stability of maize-groundnut composite flours and an assessment of aflatoxin B1 and ochratoxin A contamination in flours and porridges

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: January 2017
      , Volume 71

      Author(s): M.C. Temba, P.B. Njobeh, E. Kayitesi

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  17. Comparison of the Effect of Some Essential Oils on the Growth of Penicillium verrucosum and its Ochratoxin a Production

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 191: Ochratoxin A: 50 Years of Research

    • Toxins

    • Since ochratoxin A (OTA) was discovered, it has been ubiquitous as a natural contaminant of moldy food and feed. The multiple toxic effects of OTA are a real threat for human beings and animal health. For example, OTA can cause porcine nephropathy but can also damage poultries. Humans exposed to OTA can develop (notably by inhalation in the development of acute renal failure within 24 h) a range of chronic disorders such as upper urothelial carcinoma.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  19. Urine and serum biomonitoring of exposure to environmental estrogens II: Soy isoflavones and zearalenone in pregnant women

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: September 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 95

      Author(s): Stefanie C. Fleck, Mona I. Churchwell, Daniel R. Doerge, Justin G. Teeguarden

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  20. Mycotoxin contamination in corn smut (Ustilago maydis) galls in the field and in the commercial food products

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: January 2017
      , Volume 71

      Author(s): Hamed K. Abbas, W. Thomas Shier, Javier Plasencia, Mark A. Weaver, Nacer Bellaloui, Jeremy K. Kotowicz, Alemah M. Butler, Cesare Accinelli, M. Eugenia de la Torre-Hernandez, Robert M. Zablotowicz

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  21. Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Ochratoxin A Contamination in Green Coffee Beans using Fourier Transform Near Infrared Spectroscopy

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • ABSTRACT

      BACKGROUND

      Ochratoxin A (OTA) contamination is highly prevalent in a variety of agricultural products including the commercially important coffee bean. As such rapid and accurate detection methods are considered necessary for the identification of OTA in green coffee beans. The goal of this research was to apply FT-NIR spectroscopy to detect and classify OTA contamination in green coffee beans in both a quantitative and qualitative manner.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  22. Stability and kinetics of leaching of deoxynivalenol, deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside and ochratoxin A during boiling of wheat spaghettis

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: July 2016
      , Volume 85

      Author(s): Arnau Vidal, Jordi Bendicho, Vicente Sanchis, Antonio J. Ramos, Sonia Marín

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. Antifungal and Zearalenone Inhibitory Activity of Pediococcus pentosaceus Isolated from Dairy Products on Fusarium graminearum

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Muthulakshmi Sellamani, Naveen K. Kalagatur, Chandranayaka Siddaiah, Venkataramana Mudili, Kadirvelu Krishna, Gopalan Natarajan, Venkata L. Rao Putcha

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  24. Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in dried eggplant and green bell pepper

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: December 2016
      , Volume 70

      Author(s): Özlem Çağındı, Okan Fatih Gürhayta

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  25. Aflatoxins and fumonisins in rice and maize staple cereals in Northern Vietnam and dietary exposure in different ethnic groups

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: December 2016
      , Volume 70

      Author(s): Bui Thi Mai Huong, Le Danh Tuyen, Tran Thanh Do, Henry Madsen, Leon Brimer, Anders Dalsgaard

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins