Open AccessDetection and Biodetoxification of Aflatoxins in Food
Author(s) -
B. Aishwarya,
Gayathri Vaidyanathan,
Avaya Manivannan,
Matthew Allan,
Seema A. Kulkarni,
S. Periyar Selvam,
M. Mahesh Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2021.23315
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , mycotoxin , food spoilage , food safety , contamination , microbiology and biotechnology , food contaminant , contaminated food , aspergillus , chemistry , toxicology , food science , biology , ecology , genetics , bacteria
Harmful agents such as toxins, chemicals and pollution are causing public health hazards around theworld. The food and agriculture sectors in particular are highly sensitive to exposure to toxic waste.Among the various toxic products of microbial extraction, aflatoxin is a deadly mycotoxin producedby the species Aspergillus. Aflatoxin contamination is common in commercial foodstuffs, veterinaryfoods as well as in cosmetics. However, some viable strategies related to the screening and detectionare considered an important response by the scientific community to prevent early-stage contamination,followed by detection or screening approaches. This article presents current study that emphasizes theeffectiveness of biosensors as a good indicator of aflatoxin detection strategies and also the detoxificationof the identified aflatoxins, which causes food spoilage and industrial losses by physical, chemicaland biological methods