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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. Bisphenol A exposure induces cholesterol synthesis and hepatic steatosis in C57BL/6 mice by down-regulating the DNA methylation levels of SREBP-2

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Qingrong Li, Hongmin Zhang, Jun Zou, Haiyan Mai, Dongfang Su, Xiang Feng, Dan Feng

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Cytoprotective effects of carotenoids-rich extract from Lycium barbarum L. on the beauvericin-induced cytotoxicity on Caco-2 cells

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Ana Juan-García, Domenico Montesano, Jordi Mañes, Cristina Juan

  3. Safety assessment of a lyophilized biomass of Tetraselmis chuii (TetraSOD®) in a 90 day feeding study

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): L. Mantecón, R. Moyano, A.M. Cameán, A. Jos

  4. Egg White Hydrolysate: A new putative agent to prevent vascular dysfunction in rats following long-term exposure to aluminum

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Caroline Silveira Martinez, Janaina Trindade Piagette, Alyne Gourlart Escobar, Ángela Martín, Roberto Palacios, Franck Maciel Peçanha, Dalton Valentim Vassallo, Christopher Exley, María Jesús Alonso, Mercedes Salaices, Marta Miguel, Giulia Alessandra Wiggers

  5. Toxicological evaluation of lotus, ginkgo, and garlic tailored fermented Korean soybean paste (Doenjang) for biogenic amines, aflatoxins, and microbial hazards

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Shruti Shukla, Jong Suk Lee, Vivek K. Bajpai, Imran Khan, Yun Suk Huh, Young-Kyu Han, Myunghee Kim

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Bacillus cereus
      • Bacillus cereus
      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  6. Modified Reference Point Index (mRPI) and a decision tree for deriving uncertainty factors: A practical approach to cumulative risk assessment of food contaminant mixtures

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Katharina Vejdovszky, Daniela Mihats, Antonia Griesbacher, Josef Wolf, Johann Steinwider, Johannes Lueckl, Bernhard Jank, Ian Kopacka, Elke Rauscher-Gabernig

  7. Safety assessment of the biotechnologically produced human-identical milk oligosaccharide 3-Fucosyllactose (3-FL)

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 15 September 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): J. Pitt, M. Chan, C. Gibson, O. Hasselwander, A. Lim, P. Mukerji, R. Mukherjea, A. Myhre, P. Sarela, P. Tenning, M.W. Himmelstein, J.M. Roper

      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. A two-year toxicology study of bisphenol A (BPA) in Sprague-Dawley rats: CLARITY-BPA core study results

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 28 July 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): L. Camacho, S.M. Lewis, M.M. Vanlandingham, G.R. Olson, K.J. Davis, R.E. Patton, N.C. Twaddle, D.R. Doerge, M.I. Churchwell, M.S. Bryant, F.M. McLellen, K. Woodling, R.P. Felton, M.P. Maisha, B.E. Juliar, G. Gamboa da Costa, K.B. Delclos

      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Dietary intake of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead by the population of Catalonia, Spain: Analysis of the temporal trend

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 132

      Author(s): Neus González, Josep Calderón, Antoni Rúbies, Isabel Timoner, Victòria Castell, José L. Domingo, Martí Nadal

      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Long-term exposure to bisphenol A or S promotes glucose intolerance and changes hepatic mitochondrial metabolism in male Wistar rats

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 22 July 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Lara Ferreira Azevedo, Carlos Roberto Porto Dechandt, Cecília Cristina de Souza Rocha, Maria Fernanda Hornos Carneiro, Luciane Carla Alberici, Fernando Barbosa

      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Impact of dietary Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans on ochratoxin A induced immunotoxicity; In vivo study

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 22 July 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Sheraz Ahmed Bhatti, Muhammad Zargham Khan, Muhammad Kashif Saleemi, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Aisha Khatoon

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  12. Myo-inositol in the protection from cadmium-induced toxicity in mice kidney: An emerging nutraceutical challenge

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 12 July 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Giovanni Pallio, Antonio Micali, Salvatore Benvenga, Alessandro Antonelli, Herbert R. Marini, Domenico Puzzolo, Vincenzo Macaione, Vincenzo Trichilo, Giuseppe Santoro, Natasha Irrera, Francesco Squadrito, Domenica Altavilla, Letteria Minutoli

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. The impact of low and high doses of acrylamide on the intramural neurons of the porcine ileum

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 11 July 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Katarzyna Palus, Kazimierz Obremski, Michał Bulc, Jarosław Całka

      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Effects of bisphenol S, a major substitute of bisphenol A, on neurobehavioral responses and cerebral monocarboxylate transporters expression in mice

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 10 July 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Bessem Mornagui, Raja Rezg, Cendrine Repond, Luc Pellerin

      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Combined hazard assessment of mycotoxins and their modified forms applying relative potency factors: Zearalenone and T2/HT2 toxin

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: September 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 131

      Author(s): Hans Steinkellner, Marco Binaglia, Chiara Dall'Asta, Arno C. Gutleb, Manfred Metzler, Isabelle P. Oswald, Dominique Parent-Massin, Jan Alexander

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in infant formulae, follow-on formulae, and baby foods in Iran: An assessment of risk

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 21 June 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Hasan Badibostan, Javad Feizy, Bahram Daraei, Shahram Shoeibi, Seyed Hossein Rajabnejad, Javad Asili, Seyedeh Faezeh Taghizadeh, John P. Giesyh, Gholamreza Karimi

      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Acute oral toxicity test and assessment of combined toxicity of cadmium and aflatoxin B1 in kunming mice

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 17 June 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Qin Zhao, Zhao-Si Yang, San-Jie Cao, Yung-Fu Chang, Yu-Qin Cao, Jia-Bing Li, Zi-Xuan Yao, Yi-Ping Wen, Xiao-Bo Huang, Rui Wu, Qi-Gui Yan, Yong Huang, Xiao-Ping Ma, Xin-Feng Han, Yinglong Wu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Aflatoxins
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Natural toxins

  18. Occurrence of Bisphenol A and its analogues in some foodstuff marketed in Europe

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 13 June 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Giacomo Russo, Francesco Barbato, Damiano Gustavo Mita, Lucia Grumetto

      • Chemical contaminants

  19. RIFM fragrance ingredient safety assessment, 2,4-dimethyl-4,4a,5,9b-tetrahydroindeno[1,2-d]-1,3-dioxin, CAS Registry Number 27606-09-3

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 8 June 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): A.M. Api, D. Belsito, D. Botelho, M. Bruze, G.A. Burton, J. Buschmann, M.L. Dagli, M. Date, W. Dekant, C. Deodhar, M. Francis, A.D. Fryer, L. Jones, K. Joshi, S. La Cava, A. Lapczynski, D.C. Liebler, D. O'Brien, A. Patel, T.M. Penning

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Activation of the p38/MAPK pathway regulates autophagy in response to the CYPOR-dependent oxidative stress induced by zearalenone in porcine intestinal epithelial cells

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 5 June 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Tongtong Shen, Yufan Miao, Chenchen Ding, Wentao Fan, Shuhui Liu, Yanan Lv, Xiaona Gao, Marthe De Boevre, Liping Yan, Sheila Okoth, Sarah De Saeger, Suquan Song

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  21. Determination of genotoxic potencies of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in HepaRG cells using the γH2AX assay

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 30 May 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Jochem Louisse, Deborah Rijkers, Geert Stoopen, Wendy Jansen Holleboom, Mona Delagrange, Elise Molthof, Patrick P.J. Mulder, Ron L.A.P. Hoogenboom, Marc Audebert, Ad A.C.M. Peijnenburg

      • Natural toxins

  22. Biomonitoring of zearalenone and its main metabolites in urines of Bangladeshi adults

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 24 May 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Nurshad Ali, Gisela H. Degen

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. Intrinsic relative potency of a series of pyrrolizidine alkaloids characterized by rate and extent of metabolism

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 23 May 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Cathy Lester, John Troutman, Cindy Obringer, Ken Wehmeyer, Peter Stoffolano, Michael Karb, Yan Xu, Amy Roe, Greg Carr, Karen Blackburn, Catherine Mahony

      • Natural toxins

  24. Pharmacophore studies of 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole nucleus: Lead compounds as α-glucosidase inhibitors

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 23 May 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Haroon Khan, Muhammad Zafar, Seema Patel, SM Mukarrum Shah, Anupam Bishayee

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues

  25. Risk assessment of intake of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from herbal teas and medicines following realistic exposure scenarios

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 18 May 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Lu Chen, Patrick P.J. Mulder, Ad Peijnenburg, Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens

      • Natural toxins