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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. Is comfrey root more than toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids? Salvianolic acids among antioxidant polyphenols in comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) roots

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: February 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 112

      Author(s): Adriana Trifan, Sebastian E.W. Opitz, Roland Josuran, Andreas Grubelnik, Nils Esslinger, Samuel Peter, Sarah Bräm, Nadja Meier, Evelyn Wolfram

  2. Neuroprotective effect of berberine against environmental heavy metals-induced neurotoxicity and Alzheimer's-like disease in rats

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: January 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 111

      Author(s): Hend M. Hussien, Aml Abd-Elmegied, Doaa A. Ghareeb, Hani S. Hafez, Hany E.A. Ahmed, Nehad Abd El-moneam

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  3. Toxicity reduction of ochratoxin A by lactic acid bacteria

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 20 December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): C. Luz, J. Ferrer, J. Mañes, G. Meca

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  4. Proteomics and phosphoproteomics analysis of liver in male rats exposed to bisphenol A: Mechanism of hepatotoxicity and biomarker discovery

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 18 December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Faezeh Vahdati Hassani, Khalil Abnous, Soghra Mehri, Amirhossein Jafarian, Ruth Birner-Gruenberger, Rezvan Yazdian Robati, Hossein Hosseinzadeh

      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Evaluation of toxicological endpoints in female zebrafish after bisphenol A exposure

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 16 December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Ana M. Molina, Nieves Abril, Noelia Morales-Prieto, José G. Monterde, Antonio J. Lora, Nahúm Ayala, Rosario Moyano

      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Survey on the effects of electron beam irradiation on chemical quality and sensory properties on quail meat

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 14 December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Zahra Derakhshan, Gea Oliveri Conti, Ali Heydari, Motahreh Sadat Hosseini, Fateme Akrami Mohajeri, Hamidreza Gheisari, Samane Kargar, Elham Karimi, Margherita Ferrantee

  7. Mycotoxins in dry-cured meats: A review

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 5 December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Francisco Pizzolato Montanha, Amanda Anater, Javier Felipe Burchard, Fernando Bittencourt Luciano, Giuseppe Meca, Lara Manyes, Cláudia Turra Pimpão

  8. Aflatoxin exposure in Nigerian children with severe acute malnutrition

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: January 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 111

      Author(s): Amy McMillan, Justin B. Renaud, Kevin M.N. Burgess, Adebola E. Orimadegun, Olusegun O. Akinyinka, Stephen J. Allen, J. David Miller, Gregor Reid, Mark W. Sumarah

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  9. Refined assessment and perspectives on the cumulative risk resulting from the dietary exposure to pesticide residues in the Danish population

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: January 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 111

      Author(s): Martin Olof Larsson, Vibe Sloth Nielsen, Niels Bjerre, Frank Laporte, Nina Cedergreen

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Submicromolar bisphenol A induces proliferation and DNA damage in human hepatocyte cell lines in vitro and in juvenile rats in vivo

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 8 November 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Seoyoung Kim, Gilim Mun, Eun Choi, Minjeong Kim, Ji Seong Jeong, Keon Wook Kang, Sunha Jee, Kyung-Min Lim, Yun-Sil Lee

      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Target vs non-target analysis to determine pesticide residues in fruits from Saudi Arabia and influence in potential risk associated with exposure

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: January 2018
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 111

      Author(s): Yolanda Picó, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Damià Barceló

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Nanoencapsulated Illicium verum Hook.f. essential oil as an effective novel plant-based preservative against aflatoxin B1 production and free radical generation

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 8 November 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Abhishek Kumar Dwivedy, Vipin Kumar Singh, Bhanu Prakash, Nawal Kishore Dubey

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  13. Human health risks related to the consumption of foodstuffs of animal origin contaminated by bisphenol A

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 110

      Author(s): Sébastien Gorecki, Nawel Bemrah, Alain-Claude Roudot, Eric Marchioni, Bruno Le Bizec, Franck Faivre, Manik Kadawathagedara, Jérémie Botton, Gilles Rivière

      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Association of changes in ER stress-mediated signaling pathway with lead-induced insulin resistance and apoptosis in rats and their prevention by A-type dimeric epigallocatechin-3-gallate

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 110

      Author(s): Chan-Min Liu, Jie-Qiong Ma, Jian-Mei Sun, Zhao-Jun Feng, Chao Cheng, Wei Yang, Hong Jiang

  15. Short-term in vitro effects of bisphenol A activity on phenotype and function of peripheral blood immune system cells

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 110

      Author(s): M. Zbucka-Kretowska, I. Poplawska, A. Kretowska, M. Moniuszko, K. Grubczak

      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Exposure assessment for dioxin-like PCBs intake from organic and conventional meat integrating cooking and digestion effects

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: December 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 110

      Author(s): Jessica Tressou, Nadia Ben Abdallah, Christelle Planche, Gaud Dervilly-Pinel, Pierre Sans, Erwan Engel, Isabelle Albert

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Biological activity and safety profile of the essential oil from fruits of Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (Apiaceae)

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: November 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 109, Part 2

      Author(s): Krystyna Skalicka-Woźniak, Agnieszka Grzegorczyk, Łukasz Świątek, Magdalena Walasek, Jarosław Widelski, Barbara Rajtar, Małgorzata Polz-Dacewicz, Anna Malm, Hosam O. Elansary

  18. Evaluation of the safety of a genetically modified DAS-444Ø6-6 soybean meal and hulls in a 90-day dietary toxicity study in rats

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: November 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 109, Part 1

      Author(s): Sabitha Papineni, Jennifer A. Murray, Ekmay Ricardo, Christina M. Dunville, Radha Krishna Sura, Johnson Thomas

  19. Tetrabromobisphenol A disturbs zinc homeostasis in cultured cerebellar granule cells: A dual role in neurotoxicity

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 14 September 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Elzbieta Zieminska, Anna Ruszczynska, Jerzy W. Lazarewicz

      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Exposure risk assessment to ochratoxin A through consumption of juice and wine considering the effect of steam extraction time and vinification stages

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 September 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Bruna Dachery, Flávio Fonseca Veras, Lucas Dal Magro, Vitor Manfroi, Juliane Elisa Welke

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  21. Epigenetic toxicity of environmental chemicals upon exposure during development - Bisphenol A and valproic acid may have epigenetic effects

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 September 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Maky Ideta-Otsuka, Katsuhide Igarashi, Minoru Narita, Yoko Hirabayashi

      • Chemical contaminants

  22. UPLC-MS/MS analysis of ochratoxin A metabolites produced by Caco-2 and HepG2 cells in a co-culture system

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 September 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Cyndia A. González-Arias, Sonia Marín, Aurora E. García-Rojas, Vicente Sanchis, Antonio J. Ramos

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. Maternal cadmium exposure and impact on foetal gene expression through methylation changes

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 5 September 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Panchamee Dharmadasa, Nick Kim, Michelle Thunders

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Corrigendum to “Safety evaluation of a milk-based protein powder produced by a novel manufacturing technique” [Food Chem. Toxicol. 103 (2017) 86–101]

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 108, Part A

      Author(s): A. LeBeau, R. Matulka, B. Comstock







  25. Molecular insights on xenoestrogenic potential of zearalenone-14-glucoside through a mixed in vitro/in silico approach

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 108, Part A

      Author(s): Luca Dellafiora, Roberta Ruotolo, Alessio Perotti, Martina Cirlini, Gianni Galaverna, Pietro Cozzini, Annamaria Buschini, Chiara Dall’Asta

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins