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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Protective effect of copper II‐albumin complex against aflatoxin B1‐ induced hepatocellular toxicity: The impact of Nrf2, PPAR‐γ, and NF‐kB in these protective effects

    • Journal of Food Biochemistry

    • Journal of Food Biochemistry, EarlyView. Copper II-Albumin complex (Cu-II-Albumin complex) is a novel therapeutic target that has been used as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-gastrointestinal toxicity.

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins

  2. Black tea and curcumin synergistically mitigate the hepatotoxicity and nephropathic changes induced by chronic exposure to aflatoxin‐B1 in Sprague–Dawley rats

    • Journal of Food Biochemistry

    • Black tea (BTE) or curcumin (CMN) ameliorated hepatorenal changes induced by aflatoxin‐B1 (AFB1) with high improvement when combined BTE/CMN was used. Forty eight adult male rats were used into 8 groups: G1; control, G2, G3, and G4 were; olive oil, BTE and CMN, respectively, G5 was; olive oil‐dissolved AFB1. G6, G7 and G8 were; AFB1 along with BTE, CMN and BTE plus CMN, respectively. Liver/kidney function, oxidative stress and tumor/antitumor markers were measured in serum.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  3. Gallic acid protects against Aflatoxin B1‐induced oxidative and inflammatory stress damage in rats kidneys and liver

    • Journal of Food Biochemistry

    • The adverse effect of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and the beneficial effects of gallic Acid (GA) against AFB1 induced toxicity in vitro have been published. Here we present in vivo findings on AFB1 and GA on hepatorenal function in rats, exposed to AFB1 only or co‐treated with GA for 28 successive days. AFB1 significantly increased pro‐inflammatory biomarkers, suppressed IL‐10 levels, and increased oxidative stress in rats’ liver and kidney.

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins