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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Approaches to Inactivating Aflatoxins-A Review and Challenges.

Kinga Kutasi, Nina Recek, Rok Zaplotnik, Miran Mozetič, Mitja Krajnc, Peter Gselman, Gregor Primc

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Aflatoxins in Peanut (ACS omega · 2024
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  17. Mitigation of Mycotoxins in Food-Is It Possible?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  18. Plasma Biology 2.0.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  20. Detoxification of aflatoxin M1 by probioticsGastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kinga KutasiDepartment of Surface Engineering, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nina RecekDepartment of Surface Engineering, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-5389-8262
Rok ZaplotnikDepartment of Surface Engineering, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-1366-9147
Miran MozetičDepartment of Surface Engineering, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-3529-3371
Mitja KrajncŽipo Ltd., Šetarova 21, 2230 Lenart, Slovenia.
Peter GselmanInterkorn Ltd., Gančani 94, 9231 Beltinci, Slovenia.
Gregor PrimcDepartment of Surface Engineering, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-3959-776X
Jožef Stefan Institute · SI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, the contamination of crops with aflatoxins poses a significant economic burden, estimated to affect 25% of global food crops. In the event that the contaminated food is processed, aflatoxins enter the general food supply and can cause serious diseases. Aflatoxins are distributed unevenly in food or feedstock, making eradicating them both a scientific and a technological challenge. Cooking, freezing, or pressurizing have little effect on aflatoxins. While chemical methods degrade toxins on the surface of contaminated food, the destruction inside entails a slow process. Physical techniques, such as irradiation with ultraviolet photons, pulses of extensive white radiation, and gaseous plasma, are promising; yet, the exact mechanisms concerning how these techniques degrade aflatoxins require further study. Correlations between the efficiency of such degradation and the processing parameters used by various authors are presented in this review. The lack of appropriate guidance while interpreting the observed results is a huge scientific challenge.

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalDecontaminationAflatoxinsFood ContaminationHumansPlasma GasesAflatoxinsPlasma Gasesammoniationdecontaminationgas-discharge plasmamycotoxinozonationUV

Identifiers

PMID34948120
PMCPMC8704553
OpenAlexW4200125071

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Registered trials

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