{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["de Almeida L"],"funding":["Government of Timor-Leste","Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research","Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government"],"pagination":["13158"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6739342"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Aflatoxins are toxic fungal metabolites produced by Aspergillus sp. with carcinogenic properties that are a common food contaminant of many crops including maize and peanuts. In Timor-Leste malnutrition and children's stunting are frequent and maize and peanuts are staple foods. This study aimed to provide information on aflatoxin exposure nationally. The study measured levels of aflatoxin in locally-produced maize and peanuts (296 samples) and of aflatoxin-albumin conjugate in blood samples of women and young children (514 and 620 respectively) across all municipalities. The average concentration of aflatoxin in the grain samples was low with most maize (88%) and peanut (92%) samples - lower than European Commission tolerated aflatoxin level. Although aflatoxin-albumin conjugate was detec"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["Aflatoxin levels in maize and peanut and blood in women and children: The case of Timor-Leste."],"pmcid":["PMC6739342"],"funding_grant_id":["CIM/2009/049","CIM/2014/082"],"pubmed_authors":["de Almeida L","Erskine W","Soares DM","Wright G","Nesbitt H","Williams R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Aflatoxin levels in maize and peanut and blood in women and children: The case of Timor-Leste.","description":"Aflatoxins are toxic fungal metabolites produced by Aspergillus sp. with carcinogenic properties that are a common food contaminant of many crops including maize and peanuts. In Timor-Leste malnutrition and children's stunting are frequent and maize and peanuts are staple foods. This study aimed to provide information on aflatoxin exposure nationally. The study measured levels of aflatoxin in locally-produced maize and peanuts (296 samples) and of aflatoxin-albumin conjugate in blood samples of women and young children (514 and 620 respectively) across all municipalities. The average concentration of aflatoxin in the grain samples was low with most maize (88%) and peanut (92%) samples - lower than European Commission tolerated aflatoxin level. Although aflatoxin-albumin conjugate was detec","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Sep","modification":"2025-04-22T10:09:44.14Z","creation":"2019-10-03T07:04:15Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6739342","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31511633"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-019-49584-1"]}}