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ReviewToxins2022

Aflatoxins in Cereals and Cereal-Based Products: Occurrence, Toxicity, Impact on Human Health, and Their Detoxification and Management Strategies.

Pradeep Kumar, Akansha Gupta, Dipendra Kumar Mahato, Shikha Pandhi, Arun Kumar Pandey, Raveena Kargwal, Sadhna Mishra, Rajat Suhag, Nitya Sharma, Vivek Saurabh and 8 more

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Review in Toxins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Pradeep KumarDepartment of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0892-5425
Akansha GuptaDepartment of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5555-6936
Dipendra Kumar MahatoCASS Food Research Centre, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8857-2326
Shikha PandhiDepartment of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
Arun Kumar PandeyMMICT&BM(HM), Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala 133207, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6086-6920
Raveena KargwalDepartment of Processing and Food Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2125-7385
Sadhna MishraDepartment of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1700-2681
Rajat SuhagFaculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
Nitya SharmaFood and Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0203-6061
Vivek SaurabhDivision of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7884-3508
Veena PaulDepartment of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8177-1664
Manoj KumarChemical and Biochemical Processing Division, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai 400019, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4192-6497
Raman SelvakumarCentre for Protected Cultivation Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7566-7449
Shirani GamlathCASS Food Research Centre, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2053-2624
Madhu KamleApplied Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli 791109, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7764-1418
Hesham Ali El EnshasyInstitute of Bioproduct Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9712-2033
Jawahir A MokhtarDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7563-6941
Steve HarakehKing Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7512-8787

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cereals and cereal-based products are primary sources of nutrition across the world. However, contamination of these foods with aflatoxins (AFs), secondary metabolites produced by several fungal species, has raised serious concerns. AF generation in innate substrates is influenced by several parameters, including the substrate type, fungus species, moisture content, minerals, humidity, temperature, and physical injury to the kernels. Consumption of AF-contaminated cereals and cereal-based products can lead to both acute and chronic health issues related to physical and mental maturity, reproduction, and the nervous system. Therefore, the precise detection methods, detoxification, and management strategies of AFs in cereal and cereal-based products are crucial for food safety as well as consumer health. Hence, this review provides a brief overview of the occurrence, chemical characteristics, biosynthetic processes, health hazards, and detection techniques of AFs, along with a focus on detoxification and management strategies that could be implemented for food safety and security.

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AflatoxinsEdible GrainFood ContaminationFood SafetyHumansHumidityAflatoxinsaflatoxinsconventional and novel management strategiesdetection techniquefood contaminationhealth issues

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PMID36287956
PMCPMC9609140

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