August 2018

Aflatoxin B1 contamination in raw peanuts sold in Maputo City, Mozambique and associated factors

Peanut seeds (Arachis hypogaea L.) are consumed worldwide including Mozambique, due to good taste, high nutritional value and easy accessibility. When found in suitable conditions of humidity and high temperature, a fungus of the genus Aspergillus can contaminate peanuts and produce toxic secondary metabolites called "aflatoxins" (AFs) which are not destroyed by usual thermal processes, causing aflatoxicosis...

Author(s): Delfina Fernandes Hlashwayo