Aflatoxin

Aflatoxins jẹ awọn majele ti a ṣe nipasẹ mimu (fungus) ti o dagba ni awọn eso, awọn irugbin, ati awọn ẹfọ.

Biotilẹjẹpe a mọ aflatoxins lati fa aarun ninu awọn ẹranko, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gba wọn laaye ni awọn ipele kekere ninu awọn eso, awọn irugbin, ati awọn ẹfọ nitori wọn ka wọn si “awọn aiṣedede ti a ko le yago fun.”

FDA gbagbọ nigbakanna njẹ iwọn kekere ti aflatoxin jẹ ewu kekere lori igbesi aye rẹ. Ko wulo lati gbiyanju lati yọ aflatoxin kuro ninu awọn ọja ounjẹ lati jẹ ki wọn ni aabo.

Mita ti o ṣe aflatoxin ni a le rii ninu awọn ounjẹ wọnyi:

• Epa ati epa ororo
• Awọn eso igi bi pecans
• Agbado
• Alikama
• Awọn irugbin epo bi irugbin owu

Aflatoxins ti o jẹ ni awọn oke nla le fa ibajẹ ẹdọ nla. Majẹmu onibaje le ja si ere iwuwo tabi pipadanu iwuwo, aini aito, tabi ailesabiyamo ninu awọn ọkunrin.

Lati ṣe iranlọwọ lati dinku eewu, FDA ṣe idanwo awọn ounjẹ ti o le ni aflatoxin. Epa ati ọra epa jẹ diẹ ninu awọn ọja ti a ti ni idanwo to nira nitori wọn nigbagbogbo ni awọn aflatoxini ati pe wọn jẹ ni ibigbogbo.

O le dinku gbigbe ti aflatoxin nipasẹ:

• Ifẹ si awọn burandi pataki nikan ti awọn eso ati awọn bota eso
• Sisọ eyikeyi awọn eso ti o dabi apẹrẹ, ti bajẹ, tabi ti rọ

Haschek WM, Voss KA. Mycotoxins. Ni: Haschek WM, Rousseaux CG, Wallig MA, awọn eds. Haschek ati Rousseaux Iwe amudani ti Pathology Toxicologic. Kẹta ed. Waltham, MA: Elsevier Academic Press; 2013: ori 39.

Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA. Mycotoxins ati mycotoxicoses. Ni: Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA, awọn eds. Egbogi Oogun Egbogi. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016: ori 67.

Oju opo wẹẹbu Institute of Cancer Institute. Aflatoxins. www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/sub eroja/aflatoxins. Imudojuiwọn Oṣu kejila ọjọ 28, 2018. Wọle si Oṣu Kini Oṣu Kini 9, 2019.