Review of mycotoxin work in sub-Saharan Africa

被引:26
作者
Sibanda, L [1 ]
Marovatsanga, LT [1 ]
Pestka, JJ [1 ]
机构
[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,DEPT FOOD SCI & HUMAN NUTR,E LANSING,MI 48824
关键词
Fusarium; Aspergillus; carcinogenicity;
D O I
10.1016/S0956-7135(96)00057-6
中图分类号
TS2 [食品工业];
学科分类号
0832 ;
摘要
In Sub-Saharan Africa, work on mycotoxins covering field cases, acute exposures and chronic effects related to dietary intake is reviewed. Mycotoxins have been implicated in the etiology of diseases like kwashiorkor; marasmic kwashiorkor; hepatocellular carcinoma in humans, and hepatocarcinomas, encephalopathy and other acute diseases in animals. Mycotoxin regulatory programmes using maximum permissible limits of the different mycotoxins are also summarized. Maximum permissible levels of mycotoxins in most countries have been considered for aflatoxins, and progress in mycotoxin research indicates that, soon, more mycotoxins will be included. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
引用
收藏
页码:21 / 29
页数:9
相关论文
共 53 条
[11]  
*COUNC AGR SCI TEC, 1989, MYC HUM HLTH MYC EC
[12]  
DEVRIES HR, 1990, MYCOPATHOLOGIA, V110, P1, DOI 10.1007/BF00442763
[13]   AFLATOXINS AND KWASHIORKOR IN KENYA - A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY IN A RURAL AREA OF KENYA [J].
DEVRIES, HR ;
LAMPLUGH, SM ;
HENDRICKSE, RG .
ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS, 1987, 7 (04) :249-251
[14]  
ELEGBEDE J A, 1982, Microbios Letters, V19, P77
[15]  
*FAO UN, 1979, REC PRACT PREV MYC F
[16]  
*FAO UN, 1982, MYC SURV GUID
[17]  
*FAO WHO UNEP, 1987, 2 JOINT INT C MYC HE
[18]   FUMONISINS - NOVEL MYCOTOXINS WITH CANCER-PROMOTING ACTIVITY PRODUCED BY FUSARIUM-MONILIFORME [J].
GELDERBLOM, WCA ;
JASKIEWICZ, K ;
MARASAS, WFO ;
THIEL, PG ;
HORAK, RM ;
VLEGGAAR, R ;
KRIEK, NPJ .
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1988, 54 (07) :1806-1811
[19]  
Gilbert J., 1989, REV MYCOTOXINS
[20]  
GROOPMAN JD, 1991, PENNINGTON CTR NUTRI, V1, P18