Occurrence and health hazard status of aflatoxin in human food and animal feed of wheat from Pakistan: A review paper

Aflatoxins (Afs) are the most important and naturally occurring health hazard mycotoxin which is carcinogenic and mutagenic found mainly in cereal grain food and feeds. Considering its significant impact on human, animals and poultry health, the main aim of the present review is to provide a compreh...

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Published in:Pure and applied biology 2015-12, Vol.4 (4), p.611-619
Main Author: Achakzai, Abdul Kabir Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aflatoxins
Agricultural land
Animal human relations
Animals
Aspergillus
Chromatography
Climatic conditions
Corn
Crops
Feeds
Food
Food contamination & poisoning
Fungi
Grain
Harvest
Health hazards
Humidity
Metabolites
Moisture content
Mycotoxins
Poultry
Rice
Seeds
Solvents
Triticum aestivum
Wheat
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Summary:Aflatoxins (Afs) are the most important and naturally occurring health hazard mycotoxin which is carcinogenic and mutagenic found mainly in cereal grain food and feeds. Considering its significant impact on human, animals and poultry health, the main aim of the present review is to provide a comprehensive overview on Afs affecting human food and animal feed of wheat from Pakistan. Research focuses that there are two main external factors e.g. humidity and temperature which affect the incidence of Afs producing Apergillus species. Warm and humid climatic condition prevails in most of the agricultural land of Pakistan. Humidity encourages Aspergillus to attack the wheat grains. In Pakistan very little information regarding Afs status of cereal grains is available on toxicological data in general and wheat grains in particular. But few researchers highlighted the presence of Afs in wheat food and feeds. Therefore, more research is needed to be carried out on the potential threats to human beings, animals and poultry after consumption of Afs contaminated wheat food and feeds.
ISSN:2304-2478
2304-2478
DOI:10.19045/bspab.2015.44021