Reducing human exposure to aflatoxin through the use of clay: A review

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-145

  Phillips, T D ^a   Afriyie Gyawu, E ^a   Williams, J ^b   Huebner, H ^a   Ankrah, N A ^c   Ofori Adjei, D ^c   Jolly, P ^d   Johnson, N ^a   Taylor, J ^a   Marroquin Cardona, A ^a   Xu, L ^e   Tang, L ^e   Wang, J S ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin sorbent; Aflatoxin binding agent; Aflatoxin sequestering agent; Aflatoxins; Clinical trial; Ghana; Mycotoxins; NovaSil clay

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTITOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM MONTMORILLONITE; ERGOTAMINE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IRON; MYCOTOXIN; NOVASIL; OLTIPRAZ; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE; ZINC;

AFLATOXICOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CLAY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETOXIFICATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD POISONING; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CANCER; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

AFLATOXINS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIET; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; HUMANS; MYCOTOXICOSIS; SORPTION DETOXIFICATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39549090393     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701567467     Document Type: Article

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