 Aflatoxins
"Aflatoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Furano-furano-benzopyrans that are produced by ASPERGILLUS from STERIGMATOCYSTIN. They are structurally related to COUMARINS and easily oxidized to an epoxide form to become ALKYLATING AGENTS. Members of the group include AFLATOXIN B1; aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin G2; AFLATOXIN M1; and aflatoxin M2.
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D000348
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D03.383.663.283.119 D03.633.100.150.119 D23.946.587.142
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aflatoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Watson S, Moore SE, Darboe MK, Chen G, Tu YK, Huang YT, Eriksen KG, Bernstein RM, Prentice AM, Wild CP, Xu Y, Routledge MN, Gong YY. Impaired growth in rural Gambian infants exposed to aflatoxin: a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2018 Nov 09; 18(1):1247.
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Chalivendra S, DeRobertis C, Reyes Pineda J, Ham JH, Damann K. Rice Phyllosphere Bacillus Species and Their Secreted Metabolites Suppress Aspergillus flavus Growth and Aflatoxin Production In Vitro and In Maize Seeds. Toxins (Basel). 2018 04 16; 10(4).
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Priyanka SR, Uppalapati SR, Kingston JJ, Murali HS, Batra HV. Development of ISSR-derived SCAR marker-targeted PCR for identification of Aspergillus section Flavi members. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2014 May; 58(5):414-22.
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Azziz-Baumgartner E, Lindblade K, Gieseker K, Rogers HS, Kieszak S, Njapau H, Schleicher R, McCoy LF, Misore A, DeCock K, Rubin C, Slutsker L. Case-control study of an acute aflatoxicosis outbreak, Kenya, 2004. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Dec; 113(12):1779-83.
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