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• TITLE: Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins Intake through the Consumption of Maize, Peanuts, Rice and Cassava in Côte d’Ivoire

  AUTHORS: James Halbin Kouadio

  KEYWORDS: Mycotoxins Exposure, Food Contamination, Cancers Prevalence

  JOURNAL NAME: Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol.13 No.1, January 21, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of filamentous fungi that colonize a wide range of crops, including cereals and oilseeds, both in the field and after harvest, especially during storage. Several studies carried out on the occurrenceof mycotoxins in crops and their derived products such as maize, peanuts,rice and attieke (cassava product), reported substantial levels of Aflatoxins(AFs), Fumonisins (FBs), Ochratoxin A (OTA) and Zearalenone (ZEA). The aim of the present study was to analyze findings available onAflatoxins, Ochratoxin A andFusarium toxins occurrence in maize, peanuts, rice and attieke in order toassessthe exposure level and cancers risk in the Ivorian population. References andpublications related to OTA in C?te d’Ivoire were searched and selected.Medline/PubMed, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases, BioInfoBank Library, DOAJ(Directory of Open Acess Journal), Australian Journal of Basic and AppliedSciences and https://medwelljournals.com/home.php were used asdatabases.Data available showed Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) of AFs and OTA were above of their Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) as recommended by the Joint FAO/WHO Experts Committee on Food Additives through rice, maize, peanut and attieke consumption in C?ted’Ivoire. In addition, there is a veritable incidence of cancers with theabundantand frequent consumption of foods maize, rice, peanuts and attieke.However,maize and rice seemed to be sources of FBs