Occurrence and Human-Health Impacts of Mycotoxins in Somalia
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<a href="https://pubs-acs-org.ezproxy.vscht.cz/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05141" target="_blank" >https://pubs-acs-org.ezproxy.vscht.cz/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05141</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05141" target="_blank" >10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05141</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Occurrence and Human-Health Impacts of Mycotoxins in Somalia
Original language description
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by various molds that contaminate many staple foods and cause a broad range of detrimental health effects in animals and humans through chronic exposure or acute toxicity. As such, the worldwide contamination of food and feed with mycotoxins is a significant problem, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, mycotoxin occurrence in staple foods consumed in Somalia was determined. A total of 140 samples (42 maize, 40 sorghum, and 58 wheat) were collected from a number of markets in Mogadishu, Somalia, and analyzed by a UPLC-MS/MS multimycotoxin method that could detect 77 toxins. All of the maize samples tested contained eight or more mycotoxins, with aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ) and fumonisin B 1 (FB 1 ) levels reaching up to 908 and 17 322 μg/kg, respectively, greatly exceeding the European Union limits and guidance values. The average probable daily intake of fumonisins (FB 1 and FB 2 ) was 16.70 μg per kilogram of body weight (kg bw) per day, representing 835% of the recommended provisional maximum tolerable daily intake value of 2 μg/(kg bw)/day. A risk characterization revealed a mean national margin of exposure of 0.62 for AFB 1 with an associated risk of developing primary liver cancer estimated at 75 cancers per year per 100 000 people for white-maize consumption alone. The results clearly indicate that aflatoxin and fumonisin exposure is a major public-health concern and that risk-management actions require prioritization in Somalia. © 2019 American Chemical Society.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
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Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
ISSN
0021-8561
e-ISSN
1520-5118
Volume of the periodical
67
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
2052-2060
UT code for WoS article
000459641900029
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85061855310