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Review
. 2023 Oct 23;11(10):2614.
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11102614.

Aflatoxins Contamination in Feed Commodities: From Occurrence and Toxicity to Recent Advances in Analytical Methods and Detoxification

Slim Smaoui  1 , Teresa D'Amore  2 , Maria Tarapoulouzi  3 , Sofia Agriopoulou  4 , Theodoros Varzakas  4
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Review

Aflatoxins Contamination in Feed Commodities: From Occurrence and Toxicity to Recent Advances in Analytical Methods and Detoxification

Slim Smaoui et al. Microorganisms. .

Abstract

Synthesized by the secondary metabolic pathway in Aspergilli, aflatoxins (AFs) cause economic and health issues and are culpable for serious harmful health and economic matters affecting consumers and global farmers. Consequently, the detection and quantification of AFs in foods/feeds are paramount from food safety and security angles. Nowadays, incessant attempts to develop sensitive and rapid approaches for AFs identification and quantification have been investigated, worldwide regulations have been established, and the safety of degrading enzymes and reaction products formed in the AF degradation process has been explored. Here, occurrences in feed commodities, innovative methods advanced for AFs detection, regulations, preventive strategies, biological detoxification, removal, and degradation methods were deeply reviewed and presented. This paper showed a state-of-the-art and comprehensive review of the recent progress on AF contamination in feed matrices with the intention of inspiring interests in both academia and industry.

Keywords: aflatoxins; analytical strategy; detoxification; feed matrices; occurrence; toxicity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Chemical structure of most common naturally occurring AFs in feed matrices (adapted from [6]).
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Figure 2
General toxicity of aflatoxins.
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