Review on microbial degradation of aflatoxins
O A Adebo1, P B Njobeh1, S Gbashi1
1a Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Science , University of Johannesburg , Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg , South Africa.
Abstract:
Aflatoxin (AF) contamination presents one of the most insidious challenges to combat, in food safety. Its adulteration of agricultural commodities presents an important safety concern as evident in the incidences of its health implication and economic losses reported widely. Due to the overarching challenges presented by the contamination of AFs in foods and feeds, there is an urgent need to evolve cost-effective and competent strategies to combat this menace. In our review, we tried to appraise the cost-effective methods for decontamination of AFs. We identified the missing links in adopting microbial degradation as a palliative to decontamination of AFs and its commercialization in food and feed industries. Cogent areas of further research were also highlighted in the review paper.
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