SynthesisToxins2022
Aflatoxins in Maize: Can Their Occurrence Be Effectively Managed in Africa in the Face of Climate Change and Food Insecurity?
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- An integrated adaptive framework for mycotoxin management in African cereals: evidence from a scoping review.Mycotoxin research · 2026Article
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- Climate Change and African Agricultural Resilience: A 10-Year Comprehensive Review of Adaptive Capacity, Policy, and Environmental Stewardship.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Review
- Climate-Driven Regulatory Plasticity Reshapes Mycotoxin Risk and Control in Food Systems.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026Review
- Hepatoprotective effects of epigallocatechin gallate and glutathione on aflatoxin B1-induced subacute liver injury in ducklings.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Review
- Knowledge structure and evolution of masked mycotoxin research in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and network analysis approach.Toxicon: X · 2025Review
- Microbiome Analysis Reveals Biocontrol ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Climate Change and Severe Drought Impact on Aflatoxins and Fungi in Brazil Nuts: A Molecular Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Aflatoxin Contamination in Agri-Food Systems: A Comprehensive Review of Toxicity, Food Security, Economic Impacts, and Sustainable Mitigation Across the Value Chain.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Effect of Aflasafe TZ01Toxins · 2025Article
- Regional Disparities and Emerging Topics in Human Milk Research Across Africa: A Scoping Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Chitosan nanoparticles loaded withHeliyon · 2025Article
- Climatic effects on aflatoxin contamination of maize.Toxicology reports · 2024Article
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- Draft genome sequence of 16Microbiology resource announcements · 2024Article
- Advancing Global Health Surveillance of Mycotoxin Exposures using Minimally Invasive Sampling Techniques: A State-of-the-Science Review.Environmental science & technology · 2024Review
- Three-year multi-mycotoxin analysis of South African commercial maize from three provinces.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2024Article
- Editorial: Fungal toxic secondary metabolites in foods and feeds: recent sustainable analytical techniques and innovative preventative and remediation strategies for their formation and toxicity.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2024Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The dangers of population-level mycotoxin exposure have been well documented. Climate-sensitive aflatoxins (AFs) are important food hazards. The continual effects of climate change are projected to impact primary agricultural systems, and consequently food security. This will be due to a reduction in yield with a negative influence on food safety. The African climate and subsistence farming techniques favour the growth of AF-producing fungal genera particularly in maize, which is a food staple commonly associated with mycotoxin contamination. Predictive models are useful tools in the management of mycotoxin risk. Mycotoxin climate risk predictive models have been successfully developed in Australia, the USA, and Europe, but are still in their infancy in Africa. This review aims to investigate whether AFs' occurrence in African maize can be effectively mitigated in the face of increasing climate change and food insecurity using climate risk predictive studies. A systematic search is conducted using Google Scholar. The complexities associated with the development of these prediction models vary from statistical tools such as simple regression equations to complex systems such as artificial intelligence models. Africa's inability to simulate a climate mycotoxin risk model in the past has been attributed to insufficient climate or AF contamination data. Recently, however, advancement in technologies including artificial intelligence modelling has bridged this gap, as climate risk scenarios can now be correctly predicted from missing and unbalanced data.
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