TY  - CHAP
AU  - Peiwu Li
AU  - Qi Zhang
AU  - Daohong Zhang
AU  - Di Guan
AU  - Xiaoxia
AU  - Ding Xuefen Liu
AU  - Sufang Fang
AU  - Xiupin Wang
AU  - Wen Zhang
ED  - Irineo Torres-Pacheco
Y1  - 2011-10-21
PY  - 2011
T1  - Aflatoxin Measurement and Analysis
N2  - This book is divided into three sections. The section called Aflatoxin Contamination discusses the importance that this subject has for a country like the case of China and mentions examples that illustrate the ubiquity of aflatoxins in various commodities The section Measurement and Analysis, describes the concept of measurement and analysis of aflatoxins from a historical prespective, the legal, and the state of the art in methodologies and techniques. Finally the section entitled Approaches for Prevention and Control of Aflatoxins on Crops and on Different Foods, describes actions to prevent and mitigate the genotoxic effect of one of the most conspicuous aflatoxins, AFB1. In turn, it points out interventions to reduce identified aflatoxin-induced illness at agricultural, dietary and strategies that can control aflatoxin. Besides the preventive management, several approaches have been employed, including physical, chemical biological treatments and solvent extraction to detoxify AF in contaminated feeds and feedstuffs.
BT  - Aflatoxins
SP  - Ch. 11
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/23954
DO  - 10.5772/23954
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-18
ER  -