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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. Effect of aflatoxin B1, benzo[a]pyrene, and methapyrilene on transcriptomic and epigenetic alterations in human liver HepaRG cells

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 26 August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Volodymyr Tryndyak, Iryna Kindrat, Kostiantyn Dreval, Mona I. Churchwell, Frederick A. Beland, Igor P. Pogribny

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  2. Relative potency of fifteen pyrrolizidine alkaloids to induce DNA damage as measured by micronucleus induction in HepaRG human liver cells

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 17 August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Ashley Allemang, Catherine Mahony, Cathy Lester, Stefan Pfuhler

      • Natural toxins

  3. Impact of low-dose chronic exposure to bisphenol A and its analogue bisphenol B, bisphenol F and bisphenol S on hypothalamo-pituitary-testicular activities in adult rats: A focus on the possible hormonal mode of action

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 16 August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Asad Ullah, Madeeha Pirzada, Sarwat Jahan, Hizb Ullah, Naheed Turi, Waheed Ullah, Mariyam Fatima Siddiqui, Muhammad Zakria, Kinza Zafar Lodhi, Muhammad Munir Khan

      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Health risk assessment of selected pesticide residues in green pepper and cucumber

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 16 August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Ozgur Golge, Fatma Hepsag, Bulent Kabak

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Mitigation of cell apoptosis induced by ochratoxin A (OTA) is possibly through organic cation transport 2 (OCT2) knockout

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 16 August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Xiaozhe Qi, Liye Zhu, Bo Yang, Haoshu Luo, Wentao Xu, Xiaoyun He, Kunlun Huang

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  6. Safety evaluation of a mixture of the human-identical milk oligosaccharides 2′-fucosyllactose and difucosyllactose

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 120

      Author(s): Kirt R. Phipps, Nigel Baldwin, Barry Lynch, Jessica Flaxmer, Alica Šoltésová, Ben Gilby, Marta H. Mikš, Christoph H. Röhrig

  7. Effects of perinatal exposure to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and methylmercury on cerebellar and behavioral parameters in mice

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 4 August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Heloisa Ghizoni, Marina Ventura, Dirleise Colle, Cinara Ludvig Gonçalves, Viviane de Souza, Juliana Montagna Hartwig, Danúbia Bonfanti Santos, Aline Aita Naime, Vanessa Cristina de Oliveira Souza, Mark William Lopes, Fernando Barbosa, Patricia S. Brocardo, Marcelo Farina

      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Oxidative stress in opium users after using lead-adulterated opium: The role of genetic polymorphism

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 3 August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Saeedeh Shojaeepour, Mehdi Fazeli, Zohreh Oghabian, Leyla Pourgholi, Ali Mandegary

  9. Effects of subchronic lead intoxication of rats on the myocardium contractility

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 120

      Author(s): Yuri L. Protsenko, Boris A. Katsnelson, Svetlana V. Klinova, Oleg N. Lookin, Alexander A. Balakin, Larisa V. Nikitina, Oksana P. Gerzen, Ilzira A. Minigalieva, Larisa I. Privalova, Vladimir B. Gurvich, Marina P. Sutunkova, Leonid B. Katsnelson

  10. The concentration and probabilistic health risk assessment of pesticide residues in commercially available olive oils in Iran

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 3 July 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Najmeh Razzaghi, Parisa Ziarati, Hossein Rastegar, Shahram Shoeibi, Maryam Amirahmadi, Gea Oliveri Conti, Margherita Ferrante, Yadolah Fakhri, Amin Mousavi Khanghah

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. The ameliorative effects of boron against acrylamide-induced oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and metabolic changes in rats

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Ulas Acaroz, Sinan Ince, Damla Arslan-Acaroz, Zeki Gurler, Ismail Kucukkurt, Hasan Hüseyin Demirel, Halil Ozancan Arslan, Nuray Varol, Kui Zhu

      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Investigation of patulin and citrinin in grape must and wine from grapes naturally contaminated by strains of Penicillium expansum

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Vladimir Ostry, Frantisek Malir, Martina Cumova, Veronika Kyrova, Jakub Toman, Yann Grosse, Marketa Pospichalova, Jiri Ruprich

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  13. Prevalence and concentration of ochratoxin A, zearalenone, deoxynivalenol and total aflatoxin in cereal-based products: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Yadolah Fakhri, Susan Raeisi, Bahram Armoon, Anderson S. Sant'Ana

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  14. Safety assessment of the Cistanche tubulosa health food product Memoregain®: Genotoxicity and 28-day repeated dose toxicity test

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Po-Lin Liao, Ching-Hao Li, Ling-Shan Tse, Jaw-Jou Kang, Yu-Wen Cheng

      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. The prevalence of aflatoxin M1 in milk of Middle East region: A systematic review, meta-analysis and probabilistic health risk assessment

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Jamal Rahmani, Solmaz Alipour, Ali Miri, Yadolah Fakhri, Seyed-Mohammad Riahi, Hassan Keramati, Masoud Moradi, Nazak Amanidaz, Rokhsane Hosseini Pouya, Zohreh Bahmani, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  16. Cytotoxic effects induced by patulin, deoxynivalenol and toxin T2 individually and in combination in hepatic cells (HepG2)

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 120

      Author(s): Celia Fernández-Blanco, Luigi Elmo, Thomas Waldner, Maria-Jose Ruiz

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  17. Multiple mycotoxin exposure of infants and young children via breastfeeding and complementary/weaning foods consumption in Ecuadorian highlands

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Johana Ortiz, Liesbeth Jacxsens, Gabriela Astudillo, Adriana Ballesteros, Silvana Donoso, Lieven Huybregts, Bruno De Meulenaer

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) content of edible vegetable oils in Iran: A risk assessment study

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Mojtaba Yousefi, Ghazal Shemshadi, Nasim Khorshidian, Vahid Ghasemzadeh-Mohammadi, Yadolah Fakhri, Hedayat Hosseini, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Effects of steaming on contaminants of emerging concern levels in seafood

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Vera Barbosa, Ana Luísa Maulvault, Ricardo N. Alves, Christian Kwadijk, Michiel Kotterman, Alice Tediosi, Margarita Fernández-Tejedor, Jens J. Sloth, Kit Granby, Rie R. Rasmussen, Johan Robbens, Bavo De Witte, Laura Trabalón, José O. Fernandes, Sara C. Cunha, António Marques

  20. Probabilistic non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk assessments (Monte Carlo simulation method) of the measured acrylamide content in Tah-dig using QuEChERS extraction and UHPLC-MS/MS

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Parvin Eslami Shahrbabki, Bahador Hajimohammadi, Shahram Shoeibi, Mehdi Elmi, Arash Yousefzadeh, Gea Oliveri Conti, Margherita Ferrante, Maryam Amirahmadi, Yadolah Fakhri, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Application of prickly pear fruit extract to improve domestic shelf life, quality and microbial safety of sliced beef

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Rosa Palmeri, Lucia Parafati, Cristina Restuccia, Biagio Fallico

  22. Safety assessment of biotechnologically produced 2′-Fucosyllactose, a novel food additive

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Damien van Berlo, Alinde E. Wallinga, Frederique A. van Acker, Dianne J. Delsing



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  23. Preclinical safety evaluation of the ethanolic extract from guavira fruits (Campomanesia pubescens (D.C.) O. BERG) in experimental models of acute and short-term toxicity in rats

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 118

      Author(s): Gustavo Roberto Villas Boas, Ariany Carvalho dos Santos, Roosevelt Isaias Carvalho Souza, Flávio Henrique Souza de Araújo, Giseli Karenina Traesel, Jhony Moreira Marcelino, Ana Paula Stefanello da Silveira, Brunna Charlla Feitosa Farinelli, Claudia Andréa Lima Cardoso, Roseli Boerngen de Lacerda, Silvia Aparecida Oesterreich

  24. Detection and quantitative determination of heavy metals in electronic cigarette refill liquids using Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: June 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 116, Part B

      Author(s): Eleni Kamilari, Konstantinos Farsalinos, Konstantinos Poulas, Christos G. Kontoyannis, Malvina G. Orkoula

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  25. Circulating zearalenone and its metabolites differ in women due to body mass index and food intake

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: June 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 116, Part B

      Author(s): T. Mauro, L. Hao, L.C. Pop, B. Buckley, S.H. Schneider, E.V. Bandera, S.A. Shapses

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins