Aflatoxins are mycotoxins found in foods and livestock feeds that were initially produced by species of Aspergillus. Aflatoxin B1 is the most cytotoxic of all aflatoxins; it inhibits DNA synthesis and induces cell cycle arrest.

Mold and fungi are all over the world and are of major concern in agricultural products. Fungi and their spores can spread throughout crops and food stores tainting crops. Fungi can proliferate into colonies with the right environmental conditions which destroy crops by consuming them or poison…

Naturally occuring mycotoxin and food contaminant that induces the transversion of G to T at codon 249 of the p53 tumor suppressor gene and is a likely pathogen that causes hepatocellular carcinoma.