Open AccessDetection of Fumonicin in Liver cancer cases in Al-Diwanyia city
Author(s) -
Baheeja A. Hmood Al-Khalidi,
Hayder Kamil Jabbar Al-Kaabi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1294/6/062042
Subject(s) - toxin , liver cancer , medicine , cancer , mycotoxin , gastroenterology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , food science
The study aimed to investigate of mycotoxin (Fuminocin B1) in blood samples of patients suffers from liver cancer. Therefore 100 blood samples were collected randomly from patients in Al-diwanyia teaching hospitals, then detection of toxin by ELIZA method. The results showed 54 (54%) of patients were had Fumonicin in their blood in different concentrations varying from (2.801 to 10.041) ng/ml and these concentrations were high in patients aged from (61-70) years.