{"id":469,"date":"2018-08-02T07:17:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T07:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/alka-lab\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2018-09-25T05:23:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T05:23:03","slug":"aflatoxins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/aflatoxins\/","title":{"rendered":"Aflatoxins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Aflatoxins<\/b>\u00a0are\u00a0poisonous\u00a0carcinogens\u00a0that are produced by certain\u00a0molds\u00a0(Aspergillus flavus\u00a0 and Aspergillus parasiticus)\u00a0\u00a0which grow in soil, decaying vegetation, hay, and grains. They are regularly found in improperly stored stample comodities such as cassava,\u00a0chili peppers,\u00a0corn,\u00a0cotton seed,\u00a0millet,\u00a0peanuts,\u00a0rice,\u00a0seeds,\u00a0sorghum,\u00a0sunflower seeds,\u00a0tree nuts,\u00a0wheat,\u00a0sesame \u00a0and a variety of spices. When contaminated food is processed, aflatoxine enter the general food supply where they have been found in both pet and human foods, as well as in feedstoks for agricultural animals. Animals fed contaminated food can pass aflatoxin transformation products into eggs, milk products, and meat.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Fratamicopm_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0For example, contaminated poultry feed is suspected in the findings of high percentages of samples of aflatoxin-contaminated chicken meat and eggs in Pakistan.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Iqbal_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aflatoxins\u00a0are\u00a0poisonous\u00a0carcinogens\u00a0that are produced by certain\u00a0molds\u00a0(Aspergillus flavus\u00a0 and Aspergillus parasiticus)\u00a0\u00a0which grow in soil, decaying vegetation, hay, and grains. They are regularly found in improperly stored stample comodities such as cassava,\u00a0chili peppers,\u00a0corn,\u00a0cotton seed,\u00a0millet,\u00a0peanuts,\u00a0rice,\u00a0seeds,\u00a0sorghum,\u00a0sunflower seeds,\u00a0tree nuts,\u00a0wheat,\u00a0sesame \u00a0and a variety of spices. When contaminated food is processed, aflatoxine enter the general food supply where they have been found in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcatec.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}