Mycotoxins have both economic and health impacts because they contaminate human food and animal feeds. A central question is whether there are food processing strategies that reduce mycotoxin levels in food products. In this chapter we critically review food processing methods tested in Africa fo...
The fate of aflatoxins and fumonisins, two mycotoxins that cooccur in maize, was studied through the traditional processing of naturally contaminated maize in mawe, makume, ogi, akassa, and owo, maize-based foods common in Benin, West Africa. Levels of total aflatoxin and fumonisin were measured ...
Fandohan, P.
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Zoumenou, D.
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Hounhouigan, D.J.
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Marasas, W.F.O.
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Wingfield, M.J.
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Hell, K.
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[Fate of aflatoxins and fumonisins during the processing of maize into food products in Benin]
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Fate of aflatoxins and fumonisins during the processing of maize into food products in Benin
Fungal incidence and mycotoxin contamination of farm-stored maize were assessed and compared in grain samples from three villages each in two agroecological zones over time. Maize samples were collected at 2 and 4 months after stocking from 72 farmers’ stores in 1996 and 1997 in the Humid Forest ...
Ngoko, Z.
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Marasas, W.F.O.
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Rheeder, J.P.
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Shephard, G.S.
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Wingfield, M.J.
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Cardwell, K.F.
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[Fungal infection and mycotoxin contamination of maize in the humid forest and the western highlands of Cameroon]
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Fungal infection and mycotoxin contamination of maize in the humid forest and the western highlands of Cameroon