Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers

A pilot, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in eight rural communities in northern Nigeria toinvestigate mycotoxin exposures in 120 volunteers (19 children, 20 adolescents and 81 adults) using a modernLC–MS/MS based multi-biomarker approach. Firstmorning urine samples were analyzed a...

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Autores principales: Ezekiel, C.N., Warth, B., Ogara, I.M., Abia, W.A., Ezekiel, V.C., Atehnkeng, J., Sulyok, M., Turner, P., Tayo, G., Krska, R., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75896
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author Ezekiel, C.N.
Warth, B.
Ogara, I.M.
Abia, W.A.
Ezekiel, V.C.
Atehnkeng, J.
Sulyok, M.
Turner, P.
Tayo, G.
Krska, R.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
author_browse Abia, W.A.
Atehnkeng, J.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Ezekiel, C.N.
Ezekiel, V.C.
Krska, R.
Ogara, I.M.
Sulyok, M.
Tayo, G.
Turner, P.
Warth, B.
author_facet Ezekiel, C.N.
Warth, B.
Ogara, I.M.
Abia, W.A.
Ezekiel, V.C.
Atehnkeng, J.
Sulyok, M.
Turner, P.
Tayo, G.
Krska, R.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
author_sort Ezekiel, C.N.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description A pilot, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in eight rural communities in northern Nigeria toinvestigate mycotoxin exposures in 120 volunteers (19 children, 20 adolescents and 81 adults) using a modernLC–MS/MS based multi-biomarker approach. Firstmorning urine samples were analyzed and urinary biomarkerlevels correlated with mycotoxin levels in foods consumed the day before urine collection. A total of eightanalytes were detected in 61/120 (50.8%) of studied urine samples, with ochratoxin A, aflatoxin M1 andfumonisin B1 being the most frequently occurring biomarkers of exposure. These mycotoxin biomarkers werepresent in samples from all age categories, suggestive of chronic (lifetime) exposures. Rough estimates ofmycotoxin intake suggested some exposureswere higher than the tolerable daily intake. Overall, rural consumerpopulations fromNasarawaweremore exposed to severalmixtures ofmycotoxins in their diets relative to thosefromKaduna as shown by food and urine biomarker data. This study has shownthat mycotoxin co-exposuremaybe a major public health challenge in rural Nigeria; this calls for urgent intervention.
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spelling CGSpace758962023-12-08T19:36:04Z Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers Ezekiel, C.N. Warth, B. Ogara, I.M. Abia, W.A. Ezekiel, V.C. Atehnkeng, J. Sulyok, M. Turner, P. Tayo, G. Krska, R. Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit food safety mycotoxin A pilot, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in eight rural communities in northern Nigeria toinvestigate mycotoxin exposures in 120 volunteers (19 children, 20 adolescents and 81 adults) using a modernLC–MS/MS based multi-biomarker approach. Firstmorning urine samples were analyzed and urinary biomarkerlevels correlated with mycotoxin levels in foods consumed the day before urine collection. A total of eightanalytes were detected in 61/120 (50.8%) of studied urine samples, with ochratoxin A, aflatoxin M1 andfumonisin B1 being the most frequently occurring biomarkers of exposure. These mycotoxin biomarkers werepresent in samples from all age categories, suggestive of chronic (lifetime) exposures. Rough estimates ofmycotoxin intake suggested some exposureswere higher than the tolerable daily intake. Overall, rural consumerpopulations fromNasarawaweremore exposed to severalmixtures ofmycotoxins in their diets relative to thosefromKaduna as shown by food and urine biomarker data. This study has shownthat mycotoxin co-exposuremaybe a major public health challenge in rural Nigeria; this calls for urgent intervention. 2014-05 2016-07-04T08:15:16Z 2016-07-04T08:15:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75896 en Limited Access Elsevier Ezekiel, C.N., Warth, B., Ogara, I., Abia, W., Ezekiel, V., Atehnkeng, J., ... & Bandyopadhyay, R. (2014). Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: a pilot study using multi-urinary biomarkers. Environment International, 66, 138-145.
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mycotoxin
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Warth, B.
Ogara, I.M.
Abia, W.A.
Ezekiel, V.C.
Atehnkeng, J.
Sulyok, M.
Turner, P.
Tayo, G.
Krska, R.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers
title Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers
title_full Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers
title_fullStr Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers
title_full_unstemmed Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers
title_short Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers
title_sort mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern nigeria a pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers
topic food safety
mycotoxin
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75896
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