Handbook of Aflatoxins

Researches show that aflatoxins are responsible for deteriorating around 25% of the world's food crops. This book talks about several topics related to aflatoxin contamination, its measurement & analysis and approaches for prevention & control of aflatoxins on crops and different foods. It talks about the essence that these subjects have for a country, taking the case of China as an example and mentions instances that illustrate the ubiquity of aflatoxins in several commodities. This book further discusses the concept of measurement and examination of aflatoxins from historical facets, legal challenges, and the state of the art procedures and techniques. It concludes with discussions on actions to avoid and mitigate the genotoxic effect of one of the most discernible aflatoxins, AFB1. Also, it marks the interventions to decrease known aflatoxin-induced diseases at agricultural and dietary levels and approaches that can monitor aflatoxin levels. Along with the precautionary management, many approaches have been employed, comprising of physical, chemical biological cures and solvent extraction to detoxify AF in contaminated feeds and feedstuffs.