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markets-businessinsider 22 Jan 2020
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Â CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSO), a critical care immunotherapy leader specializing in blood purification, highlights the recent publication entitled, "Hemoadsorption Improves Survival of Rats Exposed to an Acutely Lethal Dose of Aflatoxin....
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Fusarium avenaceum is a generalist pathogen responsible for diseases in numerous crop species. The fungus produces a series of mycotoxins including the cyclohexadepsipeptide enniatins. Mycotoxins can be pathogenicity and virulence factors in various plantpathogen interactions, and enniatins have....
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and lethal types of cancer worldwide. The developing of this disease includes many factors such as genetic, socioeconomic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, and nutrition habits. The aim of the study is the determination of zearalenone and its....
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[6]-Gingerol from ginger has received considerable attention as a potential cancer therapeutic agent because of its chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic effects, as well as its safety. In the current study, we examined [6]-gingerol as a natural scavenger of nine ultimate chemical carcinogens to....
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Fusarium is among the top 10 most economically important plant pathogens in the world. Trichothecenes are the principal mycotoxins produced as secondary metabolites by select species of Fusarium and cause acute and chronic toxicity in animals and humans upon exposure either through consumption and/or contact.
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Speaking about the event, Nick Allen, CEO of BMPA said: ‘If we want to make meaningful changes to how we live in order to help the planet, then we need to base our decisions on information that is accurate and specific to our situation here in the UK. "We need to rethink what we know about meat and....
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. 21st Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri at a past function in Laikipia County. [File, Standard] Sacked Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri was yesterday grilled by the anti-graft agency in an ongoing investigations into alleged illegal payment of Sh1.
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Author Michael Richards has decided to document the lives of Mangalitzas Percy and Rupert after they gained a global Facebook following while living at his Berkshire home. The tongue-in-cheek autobiography titled Mangalitza Madness documents their 11 years under Michael’s care and is being sold to raise money for an orphanage in the Philippines.
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. Consequently, only cyclopiazonic acid retained in the mycelia without direct contact with oxygen remains stable and easily detected; this is the most logical reason why these three metabolites were not found in the media. Many ascomycetous fungi belonging to Aspergillus spp. and Penicillium spp.
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Mycotoxin contamination is one of the main problems affecting corn production, due to its significant risk to human and animal health. The Fusarium and Aspergillus species are the main producers of mycotoxins in maize, infecting both pre-harvest and during storage.
Read more ›businessdailyafrica 19 Jan 2020
Summary Tanzania and Kenya normally supplement Kenyan grain, which helps to check against higher prices of the staple locally. The Tanzanian maize is now getting to the country at over Sh3,800 for a 90 kilo bag, which is an increase from the Sh2,800 average it was previously landing in Nairobi.
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Aspergillus flavus is one of the most opportunistic pathogens invading many important oilseed crops and foodstuffs with such toxic secondary metabolites as aflatoxin (AF) and Cyclopiazonic acid. We previously used the DNA methylation inhibitor 5-azacytidine to treat with an AF-producing A. flavus A133 strain, and isolated a mutant (NT) of A.
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In accordance with the Food Safety Act and Regulation (EC) No. 178 of 2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, t he Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health wishes to inform the public that from information received through the Rapid Alert System for....
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Aflatoxins (AF) are highly toxic compounds produced by Aspergillus section Flavi They spoil food crops and present a serious global health hazard to humans and livestock The aim of this study was to examine the phylogenetic relationships among aflatoxigenic and non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus isolates.
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Lolitrem B is the most potent indole-diterpene mycotoxin produced by Epichloë festucae var. lolii (termed Lp TG-1), with severe intoxication cases reported in livestock. To date, there are no in vivo metabolism studies conducted for the mycotoxin. A mouse model assay established for assessing....
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The objective of the study was to explore the incidence of patulin (PAT) mycotoxin in mango and orange fruits and derived products marketed in Pakistan. A total of 274 samples, including 70 mango fruits, 63 mango-based products (juices, pulp, and jam), 77 orange fruits, and 64 orange-based products, were collected.
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