Mycotoxin contamination in the Arab world: Highlighting the main knowledge gaps and the current legislation

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Abdallah, Mohamed F.

作者： Abdallah, Mohamed F.;Abdallah, Mohamed F.;Gado, Muhammad;Abdelsadek, Doha;Zahran, Fatma;El-Salhey, Nada Nabil;Mehrez, Ohaila;Abdel-Hay, Sara;Mohamed, Sahar M.;De Ruyck, Karl;Yang, Shupeng;Gonzales, Gerard Bryan;Varga, Elisabeth;Varga, Elisabeth

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关键词： Arab countries; Mycotoxins; Food safety; Research initiatives; Regulations; Mycotoxin biomarkers

期刊名称：MYCOTOXIN RESEARCH （ 影响因子：3.0； 五年影响因子：3.9 ）

ISSN： 0178-7888

年卷期： 2024 年 40 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Since the discovery of aflatoxins in the 1960s, knowledge in the mycotoxin research field has increased dramatically. Hundreds of review articles have been published summarizing many different aspects, including mycotoxin contamination per country or region. However, mycotoxin contamination in the Arab world, which includes 22 countries in Africa and Asia, has not yet been specifically reviewed. To this end, the contamination of mycotoxins in the Arab world was reviewed not only to profile the pervasiveness of the problem in this region but also to identify the main knowledge gaps imperiling the safety of food and feed in the future. To the best of our knowledge, 306 (non-)indexed publications in English, Arabic, or French were published from 1977 to 2021, focusing on the natural occurrence of mycotoxins in matrices of 14 different categories. Characteristic factors (e.g., detected mycotoxins, concentrations, and detection methods) were extracted, processed, and visualized. The main results are summarized as follows: (i) research on mycotoxin contamination has increased over the years. However, the accumulated data on their occurrences are scarce to non-existent in some countries; (ii) the state-of-the-art technologies on mycotoxin detection are not broadly implemented neither are contemporary multi-mycotoxin detection strategies, thus showing a need for capacity-building initiatives; and (iii) mycotoxin profiles differ among food and feed categories, as well as between human biofluids. Furthermore, the present work highlights contemporary legislation in the Arab countries and provides future perspectives to mitigate mycotoxins, enhance food and feed safety, and protect the consumer public. Concluding, research initiatives to boost mycotoxin research among Arab countries are strongly recommended.

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