Contamination of Aflatoxins Induces Severe Hepatotoxicity Through Multiple Mechanisms

• Main Authors: Zhenglai Hua (Author), Rui Liu (Author), Youwen Chen (Author), Guangzhi Liu (Author), Chenxi Li (Author), Yurong Song (Author), Zhiwen Cao (Author), Wen Li (Author), Weifeng Li (Author), Cheng Lu (Author), Yuanyan Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aflatoxins (AFs) are commonly contaminating mycotoxins in foods and medicinal materials. Since they were first discovered to cause "turkey X" disease in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s, the extreme toxicity of AFs in the human liver received serious attention. The liver is the major...