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Assessment of aflatoxin B1 content and aflatoxigenic molds in imported food commodities in Muscat, Oman

Alaa Khamis Sulaiman Al-Alawi, Ahad Ahmed Said Al-Mandhari, Issa Hashil Al-Mahmooli et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences · 2025 · 10.53541/jams.vol28iss1pp1-6

… t study, the occurrence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), the most potent human liver carcinogen, and prevalence of toxigenic isolates of Aspergillus spp. were assessed in 140 food commodities in Muscat markets, Oman, and the 95 quarantined imported food commodities. These samples consisted of rice, corn, peanut, red chilli powd …

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Molecular Characterization of Fumonisin Mycotoxin Genes of Fusarium sp Isolated from Corn and Rice Grains

Latifa A. Al-Husnan, Muneera D. F. AlKahtani, Randa Farag · Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science · 2020 · 10.24200/squjs.vol24iss2pp78-87

Fungi mycotoxins can be a serious risk to health and lead to substantial economic loss. The environmental conditions of Saudi Arabia, with its mostly warm temperatures, are conducive to the growth of toxigenic fungi resulting in mycotoxin production in different food items. The current study elucidates the natural occu …

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