Aflatoxin

Aflatoxin ndi poizoni wopangidwa ndi nkhungu (bowa) yomwe imamera mtedza, mbewu, ndi nyemba.

Ngakhale aflatoxins amadziwika kuti amayambitsa khansa m'zinyama, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imawalola pamitengo yotsika mtedza, mbewu, ndi nyemba chifukwa zimawerengedwa kuti ndi "zoipitsa zomwe sizingapeweke."

A FDA amakhulupirira kuti nthawi zina kudya pang'ono aflatoxin kumabweretsa chiwopsezo chazaka zambiri. Sizothandiza kuyesa kuchotsa aflatoxin kuchokera kuzakudya kuti ziwateteze.

Nkhungu yomwe imapanga aflatoxin imatha kupezeka mu zakudya zotsatirazi:

• Mtedza ndi batala wa chiponde
• Mtedza wamitengo monga ma pecans
• Chimanga
• Tirigu
• Mbeu zamafuta monga kanyumba

Aflatoxins omwe amalowetsedwa m'matumba akulu amatha kuwononga chiwindi kwambiri. Kuledzeretsa kwanthawi yayitali kumatha kubweretsa kunenepa kapena kuwonda, kusowa njala, kapena kusabereka mwa amuna.

Pofuna kuchepetsa chiopsezo, a FDA amayesa zakudya zomwe zingakhale ndi aflatoxin. Mtedza ndi mafuta a chiponde ndi ena mwa mankhwala omwe amayesedwa kwambiri chifukwa nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi aflatoxins ndipo amadya kwambiri.

Mutha kuchepetsa kudya kwa aflatoxin mwa:

• Kugula zipatso zazikulu zokha za mtedza ndi mabotolo a mtedza
• Kutaya mtedza uliwonse womwe ukuwoneka ngati wonyowa, wotumbululuka, kapena wofota

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Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA. Mycotoxins ndi mycotoxicoses. Mu: Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA, olemba., Eds. Medical Microbiology. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016: chap 67.

Tsamba la National Cancer Institute. Ziphuphu. www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/aflatoxins. Idasinthidwa pa Disembala 28, 2018. Idapezeka pa Januware 9, 2019.