Global health issues of aflatoxins in food and agriculture: Challenges and opportunities

• Main Author: Perng Kuang Chang (auth)
• Other Authors: Masoomeh Shams Ghahfarokhi (auth), Mahendra Rai (auth), Mehdi Razzaghi Abyaneh (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; genetic diversity; Public Health; Aspergillus flavus; Genomics; MicroRNAs; Fungus host interactions; biological control; aflatoxin; agricultural crops
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Aflatoxins are a group of polyketide mycotoxins that are produced mainly by members of the genus Aspergillus. Production of these toxic secondary metabolites is closely related to fungal development (Keller et al., 2005; Jamali et al., 2012). Contamination of food, feed and agricultural commodities...